Johnson v. Seely

This suit involves the question of title to seventy acres of land conveyed to the appellees in an instrument to be hereinafter set out, and the determination of the question depends upon whether the instrument is a deed or a will. If it is a deed, then the appellees must prevail in title; on the other hand, if it is an instrument testamentary- in character, it is void, and the appellant must prevail.

'We here set out the instrument in full, which reads as follows:

“Elizabeth Lang to Mary Eliza Seely. Deed.

“The State of Mississippi, Lowndes County.

‘ ‘ This deed of gift and conveyancer made this…