Chappell v. Hensley

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Logan —

Reversing.

In 1902 Reuben Chappell, the father of John Chappell, conveyed to his son, John, a tract of land in Leslie county, reserving to himself a life estate. In the year 1907, Reuben Chappell instituted a suit in the Leslie circuit court seeking to cancel the deed which he had executed to his son. The defendant in that action, John Chappell, employed Cleon K. Calvert as his attorney to represent him in the case. The lower court appears to have adjudged that Reuben Chappell was the owner of the tract of land absolutely during his life, and the defendant…