Cox v. Cox

Appeal from a judgment based upon a jury verdict for the plaintiffs in an action to set aside certain deeds on the ground of fraud. We affirm.

Initially, it is helpful to detail the relationship of the parties because all of them are descendants of Hulet Cox, the predecessor in title to the real property in question. Hulet Cox and Louise Cox, husband and wife, owned forty acres of farm land in Limestone County. They had four children: Inez, Donald, John Douglas, and Catheryn. Hulet died in 1965. John Douglas died in 1967, leaving two children, John and Marilyn. Catheryn died in 1972, leaving…