Tolver v. Tolver

The issue in this case is whether an elderly father, who executed a conveyance to his son and daughter-in-law, proved that a material part of the consideration for the conveyance was an agreement by the grantees to support him for the rest of his life, thereby entitling him to annul the conveyance as provided for in Ala. Code 1975, § 8-9-12.1

On January 19, 1989, Robert Tolver, then 73 years old, conveyed approximately 161 acres of real property to his son, D.C. Tolver, and his daughter-in-law, Bessie Tolver. The deed stated that the consideration was "one dollar and other good and valuable…