Garwood v. Garwood

Plaintiff in error, Thomas Garwood, by his amended bill of complaint filed in the circuit court of Jasper county, alleged that his father, Charles E. Garwood, made and acknowledged a quit-claim deed of lands occupied by him as a homestead, of less value than $1000, to his wife, Sarah E. Garwood; that the deed was not subscribed or acknowledged by the wife and possession was not abandoned or given pursuant to the conveyance and the deed was not delivered; that said Charles E. Garwood died intestate on January 8, 1891; that afterward said Sarah E. Garwood executed and delivered to M. E. Jones a…