Smith v. Alderson

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This controversy originated in a bill filed by Mrs. M. I. Alderson and others for the partition of a tract of land, from which it appears that by deed dated the 20th of January, 1906, T. J. Davis and wife conveyed to W. R. Smith and his mother, Jane Smith, fifty-nine acres of land, in consideration of the sum of $3,000, $1,500 to be paid in cash, and the residue in three equal annual installments, with interest from date. Mrs. Smith, one of the grantees, subsequently died, and the plaintiffs are her children and heirs at law, and William R. Smith,…