Lyles v. Lescher

In July, 1871, Joshua Lyles and his wife; *383executed a deed which, omitting the formal parts,-reads thus: “This indenture witnesseth that Joshua Lyles and Copatrick Lyles, his wife, of Gibson county, in the State of Indiana, convey and warrant to Anna Lyles and Isaac Lyles’ heirs, of Gibson county, in the State of Indiana, for the sum of four hundred dollars, the following real estate in Gibson county, Indiana, to wit: The west half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section number twenty-five, in township number one south, of range twelve west.”

Isaac Lyles was the son of the…