Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. Ward

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

S. W. Ward, Sr., and Ms former wife, Mary Margaret Ward, were the joint owners of a tract of land in Johnson county. Mary Margaret Ward died intestate several years ago, and her undivided one-half interest in the land passed to her children, subject to the curtesy right of their father, S. W. Ward, Sr. Under an agreement with S. W. Ward, Sr., the Warfield Natural Gras Company constructed a pipe line through the land. Thereafter S. W. Ward, Sr., conveyed his entire interest in the land to a trustee for the benefit of his and Mary Margaret Ward’s…