Russ v. King

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The single question involved here is whether, or not a husband may convey a homestead in real property directly to his wife, so as to bar his heirs at law, who are not his children, aftej her death, frpm thereafter claiming the property as his heirs at law.

C. J. Russ, on September 15, 1910, claimed his homestead exemption in certain real estate in Norfolk by proper homestead deed, and shortly thereafter, on November 10, 1910, by his sole deed, in which his wife, Lelia M. Russ, did not join, conveyed it directly to her. C. J. Russ died intestate…