Lloyd v. . Speight

Since the institution of this action S. E. Speight has died and the land in controversy has passed and vested in the defendant, W. L. Speight, by the terms of the will of S. E. Speight.

The question involved: Plaintiffs contend that they introduced evidence tending to show that certain conveyances from them to defendants, same being sufficient in form to pass a fee-simple title, were executed in pursuance of prior oral agreement whereby plaintiffs, being-ignorant or mistaken with respect to their title and laboring under tbe mistaken belief tbat they were seized only of life estates,…