Baber v. Hicks

For at least eighteen years the appellants, the W. T. Babers, and Annie Lurane Christian were close friends. From time to time during those years Mrs. Christian lived in the Babers’ home at Ozan and later at Hope. This case concerns a conveyance that Mrs. Christian made to the Babers on August 8, 1962. By this deed Mrs. Christian conveyed 187 acres of land to the Babers in consideration for their promise to take her into their home and support her for the rest of her life. In the deed Mrs. Christian reserved a life estate in the land, which had produced an income of about $800 a year.

After…