McCardle v. Kennedy

Simmons, Justice.

1. Mrs. Champion made a deed to her brother, McCardle, the consideration expressed therein being one thousand dollars. The real consideration, however, seems to have been an agreement by McCardle to support her during her life. This deed was made in 1865. McCardle died in 1874. In 1887 Mrs. Champion conveyed the same land to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary McCardle, wife of another brother, stating in the deed that the first conveyance was void because the grantee had failed to maintain and support her according to the contract. After her death, the children of the first grantee…