Hatfield v. Harris

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Moorman

Affirming on original appeal and reversing on cross appeal.

Appellants, Lewis Hatfield and Snrrilda Hatfield, filed this suit in the Pike circuit court to cancel a deed which they had executed and delivered to appellee, Bud Harris. On the trial of the case in the lower court the chancellor dismissed the petition, hut adjudged that appellants were the owners of a life estate in the land conveyed, were entitled to its possession and control during their natural lives, and, if appellee should fail to surrender it, directed that a writ of possession might issue.…