Barrett v. Elliott

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dawson

Affirming.

This action involves a dispute over the title to 15 acres of land in Laurel County.

The appellees claim title under a deed dated April 23, 1904, from Wade Jones and J. C. McKee and their wives, to F. P. Elliott who died intestate in March 1923. The appellees are his heirs at law. W. C. Jones and J. C. McKee took their title from Polly Jones, the deed to W. C. Jones for 35 acres being dated December 22, 1900, and the deed to McKee for 66 acres being dated May 23, 1902.

Appellants claim that in 1892 or in 1893, Willis Barrett and his father contracted…