Bailey v. Federal Land Bank

Appellants assign as error the ruling of the court below that the recital in a deed of an agreement to contribute to the 'support of the grantor, as the consideration for the execution of the deed, was sufficient to impose a charge on the land and to constitute an equitable lien thereon enforceable against subsequent purchasers for value.

The material facts were these: J. W. Davis, the owner of record of certain lands in Franklin County, died in 1916 leaving his widow, Eugenia 0. Davis, plaintiff’s intestate, and five children him surviving. In 1918, Eugenia 0. Davis executed deed to three of…