Carver v. Elmore

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing —

Affirming.

John S. Elmore, a resident of Barren County, Kentucky, died in August, 1877, the owner of about sixty acres of land in that county. He left surviving Mm a wife and seven children. No dower or homestead was ever set apart to the widow. They, or at least a part of them continued to occupy the farm until 1893, when the widow conveyed the same to W. H. Carver.by deed of general warranty. Hollowing her conveyance the widow remained on the land for some years. The proof is not explicit upon tMs point, but it is apparent that .she did not leave the…