Barksdale v. Barksdale
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. Julian O. Wilson, Chancellor. Mrs. Sarah Barksdale and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below, and Mrs. Weet Barksdale, appellee, executrix and sole devisee under the will of her deceased husband, John H. Barksdale, was defendant there. From a decree in defendant’s favor dismissing the bill, complainants appealed to the supreme court. In 1903, Hickerson II.
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From the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. Julian O. Wilson, Chancellor. Mrs. Sarah Barksdale and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below, and Mrs. Weet Barksdale, appellee, executrix and sole devisee under the will of her deceased husband, John H. Barksdale, was defendant there. From a decree in defendant’s favor dismissing the bill, complainants appealed to the supreme court. In 1903, Hickerson II. Barksdale dying testate, devised to his wife, appellant Sarah Barksdale, a life estate in designated lands, with remainder in fee, after her death, to his nephew John H.…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. I-.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The deed in this case in its granting clause is as follows:
“State of Mississippi, Grenada county, Por and in consideration of the love and affection I have my wife Weet Barksdale,, and the further consideration of money spent by me belonging; to her, I do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and warrant to-her all the lands bequeathed to me by the will of my uncle,. Hickerson H. Barksdale. All of said lands are lying, and being situated, in the said Grenada county, known as the Minter Place, and state of Mississippi, I also sell and convey…
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