Hawkins v. Northern Coal & Coke Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Lassing

Affirming.

On the 9th of January, 1891, William J. Roberts and his wife conveyed a tract of land in Pike County, Kentucky, to Jacob Baumgardner. The consideration for this conveyance was $200, which was paid by him at that time. Some time after the conveyance Baumgardner returned to Roberts and requested him to make another deed for this same property to Elizabeth Baumgardner, his wife, stating that he wanted her to have the property. This Roberts declined to do; and thereafter Baumgardner erased his own name wherever it appeared in the deed and substituted…