Woods v. Hughes

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

— Affirming.

Charles Conant died in 1935 at the age of 89 in the liouse and on the farm where he was born, which had been owned by him, his father and grandfather for more than 100 years. The farm was at the outskirts of Smith-land and contained 104 acres. The residence was an old brick house located on Conant Hill overlooking the confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio rivers. In recent years the farm has been traversed by four or five roads which cut it into several parcels, and only the bottom land is tillable, although the hill-land is suitable for…