Dickerson v. Dickerson

The object of this suit was to obtain the proper construction of a deed made by Coffee Dickerson in 1898 to his wife and seven of his ten children. So much of that deed as is involved in the controversy is in the following words and figures, to-wit:

“This deed made the 20th day of December, 1898, between Coffee Dickerson, of the first part, and Catherine Dickerson, the wife of Coffee Dickerson, and Ithoda Dickerson, Malira Dickerson, Elizabeth Dickerson, Cornelius Dickerson, Peter Dickerson, Walter Dickerson and Posey Dickerson, children of said Coffee Dickerson and Catherine Dickerson:

“Witness…