Tucker v. Walker

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The trial court held that a 1905 deed from Samuel J. and Molly Walker to Samuel J. Walker Jr. created a fee tail estate— i.e., a life estate in Samuel J. Walker Jr., with a contingent remainder to the heirs of his body. Based upon such finding, it awarded possession of the lands here involved to appellee, Edyth L. Walker; awarded betterments to appellants Carrie Tucker, Iris ITeasley and Jim Fuhr in the amount of $2500, and betterments to A. W. Hill, W. A. Hill, Mrs. Gus Lewis, Charles Walter Hill, Mary Jo Hill Christensen, Barbara Hill Carter, and Linda Sue Hill McDuff…