Morton v. Morton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Washington Chancery Court; T. H. Humphreys, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. John M. Morton owned and lived on a farm in Washington County, Arkansas, consisting of more than 200 acres, and valued at about six thousand dollars.
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Appeal from Washington Chancery Court; T. H. Humphreys, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. John M. Morton owned and lived on a farm in Washington County, Arkansas, consisting of more than 200 acres, and valued at about six thousand dollars. He was an old bachelor. ■He died on the 29th of November, 1904. He left surviving him-Mrs. Nancy Staples and Mrs. W. D. Rogers, his sisters, and W. H. Morton, R. M. Morton and Ed Morton, children of a deceased brother, James A. Morton, and J. B. Morton, W. N. Morton, Hugh Morton, James Morton, Mrs. Ona Ash and Hattie Morton, children of another deceased…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Two questions are presented: First, was the deed delivered to J. B. Morton by John M. Morton? Second, was the deed executed for a consideration of $3,000.00?
1. Several witnesses testified unequivocally that they saw the deed in the hands of J. B. Morton, the grantee, prior to the death of John M. Morton. There is no evidence to the contrary, and, even without this affirmative evidence, J. B. Morton, the grantee, before and after the death of the grantor is found m possession of and produces the deed. The production of a deed by the grantee is prima facie…
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