Cummins v. Boyle

Judge Robertson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

By ihe will of John Cummins; (proved in 1813) his home tract of land,inNelson county, containing 150 acres, was devised to his widow, Elizabeth Cummins, during her life, and to seven of his children! in remainder.

One of the devisees in remainder (Elizabeth jr.) waS an infant in 1819; and another (Anne) had died befóte 1819, leaving an infant natural child, her heir.

In February 1819, Elizabeth Cummins the widow; sold the tract thus devised, to William Boyle, for $2,-400, and executed a bond for a title thereto, by deed of* general warranty, on…