Raley v. Raley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. G. O. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by E. Raley and others against J. H. Raley and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. G. O. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by E. Raley and others against J. H. Raley and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. As shown by the pleadings outlined above, the appellants assign as error herein (1) an erroneous construction of this deed from A. J. Raley to Jane Raley and (2) the erroneous distributive share awarded appellants two questions in their order. We will discuss the two questions in their order. This brings us to a construction of the deed. In…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This -is an appeal from a decree rendered in a partition proceeding. A. J. Raley, a widower with several children, married a widow who will hereinafter be referred to as Jane Raley, who also had several children, of which marriage one child was born. Raley died in 1913 seized and possessed of certain land, and prior to his death he conveyed other land then owned by him by the following deed:
“I, A. J. Raley of'said county and state, in consideration of five dollars to me paid by Jane Raley, and in consideration of the love I entertain for her, for said *563consideration taken singly and for both…
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