Willis v. . Willis

Will Willis and wife Mary Willis, as husband and wife, held an estate by the entirety in a certain lot of land in Lexington, N. 0. Will Willis conveyed one-half interest in the land to the plaintiff his wife, on 19 June, 1928. The deed had full covenants of warranty. Thereafter at February Term, 1931, Davidson Superior Court, an absolute divorce was granted Will Willis from his wife Mary Willis on the ground of adultery.

The first question involved: Has plaintiff under the facts a fee simple title to the land in controversy? We think so by estoppel.

In Dorsey v. Kirkland, 117 N. C., at p.…