Jones v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay.Affirming’.

On March 19, 1903, Bill Baker, a single man, conveyed to J. W. Holcomb and his wife, Nannie Holcomb, ¡a tract of land lying on the waters of Horse Lick creek in Jackson county. J. W. Holcomb died on October 9, 1906. On March 11, 1908, Nannie Holcomb married a man by the name of Johnson. In the year 1912 Nannie Johnson brought suit in the Jackson circuit court against her and J. W. Holcomb’s children to reform the deed made to her and her husband jointly by Bill Baker, and to compel the children to convey a one-half interest in the land to…