East v. Karter

On January 27,1917, Mary B. Karter owned certain houses and lots, from which an income was derived, and on that day she and her husband, J. H. Karter, executed a mortgage to a building and loan association upon one of them. On July 8, 1917, they signed a"d acknowledged a deed purporting to convey one of the lots to a daughter, Adeline J. Beyer, and had the deed recorded, and then took it out of the probate office and retained its manual possession. It was never otherwise delivered. J. H. Karter continued to lease the property and collect the rents before and after the death of his wife, and…