Board of Missions of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Mayo

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree adjudicating conflicting claims to two tracts of land situated in Johnson county, Ky., in and adjoining the city of Paintsville. The smaller tract, consisting of 7.35 acres, known as the Seminary tract, was deeded by John C. C. Mayo and his wife, Alice Mayo, an appellee herein, to the John C. C. Mayo College (then the Sandy Valley Seminary) October 31, 1906. The second tract, known as the Mansion tract, containing 72.22 acres, was donated to the seminary by Mrs. Mayo by deed dated May 5, 1920. The deed for the Seminary Tract provided for…