Goins v. Beech Bottom Baptist Church

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

On October 13, 1906, Eli G-oins conveyed 214.13 acres in Whitley County to the Louisville Property Company. In order to perpetuate a prior established family burying ground, the deed contained the following exception :

“There is a graveyard upon this tract of land being seventy yards by thirty five yards and now under a barbed wire fence, the grantors herein reserve this one-half acre as now fenced for themselves and kinfolks for the sole and only purpose of making same a family burying ground. ’ ’

In November of 1906, Eli G-oins and wife conveyed an undivided…