Hayes v. Dean

1. Deeds : can cellation: lost and unrecorded deeds: estoppel. — The plaintiff was the wife of R. C. Hayes, who died in the year 1915. During their married life, and in the year 1870, they, or one of them, entered into a contract for the purchase of the land here in controversy from S. H. Taft, and took possession of the premises, establishing there a home, which plaintiff says she has never abandoned. On April 20, 1874, Taft made and executed a warranty deed of the land to plaintiff. The deed is in ordinary form, so far as relates to the granting and habendum clauses; but, in the body…