Clary v. Thornton

One ground of the motion for new trial alleges that the court erred in directing the verdict in favor of the plain*836tiffs,' Hillary Thornton and Reppard and Mershon Rich, for the reason that the deed introduced in evidence by the plaintiffs, from John K. Thornton to Ellen Thornton, Lydia Y. Thornton, and Hillary Thornton, showed on its face that it was made in settlement of temporary and permanent alimony of his wife, Ellen Thornton, and the evidence of the defendant showed that after making and delivering the deed Ellen Thornton and her husband John K. Thornton resumed their marital relations,…