Butts v. Richards

The following opinion was filed February 26, 1911:

Keewih, I.

(dissenting). The deed in question was duly made, signed, and sealed in 1905, and placed in a bureau drawer in the house occupied as the home of the husband and wife, grantor and grantee. This drawer was kept locked and the key carried by the grantor, husband. The grantor died intestate in 1908 leaving the deed in the drawer. After his death it was taken therefrom by the grantee and recorded. The property covered by the deed was the homestead. The grantee died in 1910. The only question involved is whether the deed was delivered to…