Turner v. Howard

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The question is whether the appellant, Alice Turner, executed and delivered on March 14, 1931, to her stepson, Merlin C. Turner, a deed to a lot fronting on Second street in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The deed purportedly signed by her and acknowledged before Forest D. Short, a notary public, was recorded in the office of the Floyd county clerk on August 8, 1931. The facts leading up to the controversy between appellant and the appellee, J. W. Howard, briefly stated, are these:

On October 13, 1932, J. W. Howard sold to Merlin. C. Turner a lot in…