Goff v. Davenport

Atkinson, Justice.

An execution from a judgment of September 4th, 1893, against John Goff', was levied on certain land, which was claimed by Mrs. Ruthy Goff'. The property was found subject, and the claimant excepted to the ruling of the court, which was to the effect that the instrument dated January 9th, 1885, in which William E. Goff was grantor, and John Goff was grantee, was a deed and not a will, and that it was not so far ambigu*424ous as to authorize claimant to introduce parol evidence-that the grantor intended to reserve a life-estate in the land conveyed by that instrument and now under…