Hall v. Hall

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Settle

Affirming.

Maria Tevis died in Shelby county the owner of a house and lot which, by will, she devised to her husband, John Tevis. The will was duly admitted to probate and John Tevis, named therein as executor, properly qualified as such. She had been a faithful servant for many years of the Guthrie family of Shelby county and in her old age this property was purchased by Mr. James Guthrie and, by deed, conveyed to her. On December 27th, 1901, and shortly after she thus acquired the property, in order *357to make some necessary improvements upon it, Mafia…