Lathrop v. Sandlin

On November 1,1926, one D. A. Ward executed a deed, to his wife, Susan J. Ward, purporting to convey Lot 10, Block 5, in the town of Plainview and also their homestead consisting of four and one-half acres. The description, of the four and one-half-acre tract was indefinite and both parties to this appeal agree- that it does, not describe, the parcel of land in question. This deed, which we shall hereafter refer to as the “1926 deed”'and which was filed for record February 25, -1927, was irregular in form and phraseology as is shown by the following excerpts therefrom.. The granting clause…