Wardman ex rel. Wardman v. Harper

Robert Tannahill and Isabella Harper were brother and sister. In 1888, and for several years prior thereto, Mrs. Harper was her brother’s housekeeper on his farm of about 250 acres. In May, 1888, Robert Tannahill conveyed the farm, on which he and his sister, Mrs. Harper, were living, to her, reserving to himself a life estate in the entire land conveyed. The consideration named in this deed was love and affection and $2. The deed was not recorded until after the death of both Tannahill and Mrs. Harper, more than twenty years after it was made. On the 11th day of November, 1889, Robert…