Cole, Administrator v. Hoefflin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was an action to set aside a deed on the ground of nondelivery during the lifetime of the grantor. The trial court set it aside on that ground and the grantee has appealed.

Ida May Hoefflin, a widow, owned a tract of land in Oklahoma, several lots in Wichita, and a quarter section of land in Anderson county. We are concerned here with only the last-mentioned tract. She had two adult children, Laverna E. Holcombe and Kenneth G. Hoefflin. Laverna lived in Los Angeles, California, and Kenneth lived in Globe, Arizona. Their mother, Ida May,…