Benneson v. Aiken

While the record in this case is somewhat voluminous, yet the principal, and indeed the only, question of any importance is, whether a certain deed, made May 16, 1866, by Charles A. Savage, and Elvey W. Savage, his wife, purporting to convey the premises in question to Anna Wells, was delivered.

It appears that Charles A. Savage married Elvey Wells in 1843. Levi Wells, the father of Mrs. Savage, died in 1859, intestate, leaving Anna Wells, his widow, and three daughters, Caroline Benneson, Ann E. Keeler, and Elvey Savage, as his only heirs. At the time of his death Levi Wells owned in fee 160…