Hunt v. Kennedy Coal Corp.

T. J. Hunt and Eunice, his wife, acquired title to a lot in Russell county by deed from W. J. Combs and wife, dated June 27, 1905. A few years thereafter Eunice Hunt died intestate, leaving surviving her the said T. J. Hunt, her husband, and six infant children. The grantees were joint tenants of the property, and, upon the death of Eunice, her husband became entitled, as tenant by the curtesy, to an estate for his life in her one-half of the property.

In November, 1901, John E. Davis sued out a warrant before a justice of the peace against Thomas Hunt and Eunice Hunt, “for damages to property…