Dale v. Lincoln

The points made by appellants on this record are: 1. Was the deed made by Charles M. Vaughan to his wife Cecelia during coverture, a good deed at law, and sufficient to pass the title? 2. Was there a delivery of the deed from Vaughan to his wife? 3. Was the deed sufficient in equity to pass the title ?

The first question is answered and disposed of by the admissions in complainant’s bill, wherein it is conceded that by the rules of the common law the deed from Vaughan to his wife was void, and that the legal title to the premises did not pass thereby, so as to enable his wife to convey the…