May v. May

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

— Affirrrh.ig.

On April 2, 1847, Allen Leslie, a large landowner in Pike county, this State, by deed of general warranty conveyed to Ms son-in-law, Tbomas P. , May, several tracts of land situated in that county, aggregating about eleven hundred acres. Immediately following the execution of the deed, Thomas P. May took possession of the land, and he and his wife, Elizabeth Margery May, daughter of Allen Leslie, lived upon a part of it, until both became so old and feeble that they were unable to take care of themselves, when they removed to the home of their…