Scott v. Ratliff

'Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll —

Reversing.

The only question in tliis ease is, could the appellee, S. M. Ratliff, make a good title to a tract of land that' she sold .to the appellant, Scott? Whether she could or not depends on the proper construction of a deed made in 1878 by John H. Reynolds and wife to their son, Thomas Reynolds, the father of S. M. Ratliff.

This deed recites: “That said party of the first part for and in consideration of the love and affection that we *268have for our (son) and for the further sum of one hundred dollars to he paid to Ann Sowards or her heirs in five…