Cook v. Knight

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Beease.

Mrs. Josephine Smith owned a parcel of land of two and one-half acres in Greenville County. On October 10, 1930, she conveyed the land to her brother, J. Y. Knight, reserving to herself a life estate therein. The consideration expressed in that deed was “the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar and love and affection.”

Mrs. Smith, also, on August 28, 1931, conveyed to her niece, the appellant, Mrs. Ellen Josephine Cook, the identical parcel of land, and in that deed there was reserved to the grantor a life estate. The consideration…