Walker v. Butler

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

This case involves the validity of two deeds executed by Mattie Allen, deceased, to Luther Butler. One of the deeds was executed in April, 1938, and tlie other in May, 1939. Mrs. Allen came into possession of the property in question in 1936 under the will of her husband, W. A. Allen. Mrs. Allen died late in 1939. The deeds were attacked upon the grounds that Mrs. Allen had only a life estate in the property, and that there was no consideration for the transfers to Butler and that they were made for the purpose of defeating the heirs of W. A.…