Horton v. Smith

In August, 1899, Joseph J. Horton brought suit against W. D. Smith, administrator of the estate of his son, John D. Horton, to recover damages for the violation of a contract which he alleged he had made with John D. Horton in the year 1891, and to cancel a certain deed. He alleged that in 1891 he conveyed to his son two tracts of land, one of 200 acres and the other of 76 acres; that the consideration for the conveyance of the first tract was an undertaking and contract on the part of the son to support plaintiff and his wife during their lifetime; that the son had failed and refused during…