Watkins v. Northern Coal & Coke Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Reversing.

On November 8, 1884, Morgan Baldridge and wife conveyed by deed1 to Robert Baldridge and Mary Jane Baldridge, his wife, in consideration of $400, a tract of land lying in Knott county. After this, and about the year 1891, Robert Baldridge died, leaving surviving him his wife, Mary Jane Baldridge, and four children, then ranging from one to seven years old. By the deed above referred to, the title to the tract of land was vested in the husband and wife jointly, and at his death his half descended to his four children subject to his widow’s rights.…