Graham v. Inlow

Darrell Hickman,

Justice. The legal question in this case is whether a deed from a husband to his wife and three children, as tenants in common, is void because the wife did not join in the deed. The trial court held it was, and dismissed a partition suit filed by one of the children. On appeal we find the judge was wrong; the deed should not have been declared void because the evidence clearly reflects that the wife accepted and approved of the deed. Therefore, the order is reversed and the case remanded.

The facts are essentially undisputed. Robert Inlow was married twice. By his first wife,…