Montgomery v. Chaney

This suit was brought by some of the forced heirs of Elizabeth Chaney, deceased, against Jaclcson M. Chaney, one of their co-heirs, to set aside a pretended sale of certain slaves from their deceased ancestor, Mrs. Chaney, to her son, the said Jaclcson M. Chaney, upon the allegations that no price was paid by the pretended purchaser, but that the sale was simulated and fraudulent, the same being really a disguised donation obtained by undue influence on the part of the pretended purchaser. The prayer of the petition is that the sale bo declared void, and that the property purporting to have…