Claridge v. Phelps

— This appeal presents for our consideration the legal effect of certain language used in a warranty deed, which deed, omitting the description of the real estate, the signature and acknowledgement clauses, is in words and figures as follows:

“This Indenture Witnesseth, that Emily J. Lock-year, widow of the late Christopher Lockyear of Warrick County, in the State of Indiana, Convey and Warrant to Hester Claridge, wife of James Claridge of Warrick County, in the State of Indiana, for the sum of Twenty Dollars, and other consideration, the following Real Estate in Warrick County, in the State…