Ferrell v. Ferrell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Logan County. Bill by Floyd Ferrell against F. A. J. Ferrell and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants Ferrell appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Bhannon, Judge:
F. A. J. Ferrell owning a tract of three hundred acres of land, had prepared the draft of a deed of gift, by which he proposed to divide the land between four sons, one named Floyd, and a daughter, Anna. He was then a widower. The draft bore date 4 May, 1881. By one of the sections of the deed he gave Floyd all the land from the mouth of Warm Hollow running up the river by given boundary. By another section he gave to his daughter his residence as shown below. He did not sign the draft. He concluded later to marry, and desiring to provide for the wife whom he was to marry, he…
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