Hobbs v. . Cashwell

The evidence offered at the trial by the plaintiff, the defendants offering no evidence, disclosed the following facts: G. W. Hobbs, the grandfather of plaintiffs, was, prior to 8 May, 1893, the owner in fee and in possession of several tracts of land in Sampson County; on that day he made a distribution of his lands among his seven children, conveying to them, by separate deeds, certain described tracts of land. The recited consideration in each was $1 and love and affection. He reserved for his wife, Mary, a life estate in all, and for himself a life estate certainly in one hereinafter…