Cummings v. Watson

Opinion op the Court by

William Bogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Maxie T. Watson and her husband, S. W. Watson, brought this suit against J. Clay Cummings to quiet Mrs, Watson’s title to a tract of 90 acres of land lying in the county of Henderson. On final hearing Mrs. Watson was granted the relief prayed for and the defendant appeals,

Coleman L. Smith was the owner of the tract in controversy and also of another tract of land consisting of about 140 acres. On February 19, 1908, he made a will by which he devised the two farms to J. Clay Cummings, who was his stepgrandson. On September 8,…