Davis v. . Crump

Defendant admits in her answer that Lucy Howell, mother of plaintiff and the defendant, died seized and possessed of the land described in the petition; that said Lucy Howell also had a son who predeceased her, leaving one child, Ezell Howell; that after the death of Lucy Howell, plaintiff and defendant and Arthur Howell, husband of Lucy Howell, executed and delivered to Ezell Howell a quitclaim deed for said land; that said Ezell Howell died intestate, without issue, seized and possessed of the premises.

Tbe plaintiff, having offered the admissions made in the answer, suggested that the…