Ward v. Ward

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

ChIEE JUSTICE HOBSON.

On February 4, 1894, John W. Ward purchased from Frank Abshire a small tract of 25 or 30 acres of land for $45.00 which he paid; and had Abshire to execute a deed to his infant son S. B. Ward. The purchase was of only the surface, the mineral having been previously sold by Abshire. S. B. Ward, on January 17, 1903, conveyed the land to his father. He became of age July 13, 1903, having married some months before that. He died on August 23, 1908, and on January 27, 1909, this action was brought by his infant children against their grandfather to set…