Beckley v. Beckley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to partition real estate. The decision turned on whether or not a deed had been delivered. Judgment was rendered for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal.

The land in controversy is a farm which at one time belonged to the wife of Daniel Beckley. Before her death she conveyed to her husband, she and her husband believing that this was a better way to dispose of property than by will. The conveyance was made with the understanding that the farm *86should become the property of a son, Fred Beckley, one of the defendants, at…