Metz v. Patton

Robinson, Judge:

This controversy, between one daughter and the husband of another, as to which shall become possessor of the small estate of the old father, for his maintenance, notwithstanding that he, after all, died in a poor house in an adjoining-state, does not demand extended consideration from a legal stand point but may be well worthy as a text for those preaching a closer adherence to the golden precepts of the beatitudes.

A lot of ground was conveyed to plaintiff by her father, on October 31, 1901, and the deed was duly recorded next day. In form, it was an absolute grant, with…