Owens v. Downs

This is an action brought by appellee wherein he sought to have a deed by which he conveyed certain real estate to the appellants cancelled and its title quieted in him.

The appellants (grantees) as a part of the consideration for the deed agreed “to care for and provide a home for said grantor on said premises, to pay all taxes, insurance and to make and keep up all improvements and pay the funeral expenses and all expense of the last sickness of the grantor, if any.”

Appellee alleged that appellants had breached the contract by making life with them on the premises untenable ; that appellee…