Watson v. Hill
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay .'Chancery Court; Charles D. Frier-son, Chancellor; 1. The testimony of Williams as to his understanding or opinion was incompetent. 2. The deeds were never delivered.
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Appeal from Clay .'Chancery Court; Charles D. Frier-son, Chancellor; 1. The testimony of Williams as to his understanding or opinion was incompetent. 2. The deeds were never delivered. Devlin on Deeds, 263b; 88 Pac. 806; 100 Ark. 427, 431; 74 Id. 104; 77 Id. 89; 51 Id. 530; 63 S. E. 82; Devlin on Deeds, 275, 275b; 83 >S. W. 747; 58 N. E. 439; 90 Id. 402 ; 85 S. W. 474 ; 77 Ark. 89; 74 Id. 104; 98 Id. 466; 93 Id. 324; 84 Id. 610; 110 Id. 425; 81 Pae. 1120. 1. The deeds were delivered. A delivery to a third party to.be held for the grantee is a sufficient delivery. 51 Ark. 530; 48 A. L. E. 136;…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Maggie Watson instituted this action iu the chancery court against Mary Hill, et al., to cancel certain deeds executed to them by her husband and have homestead and dower awarded 'her in the lands described in the deeds. , ■
On the 15th day of March, 1915, Samuel Watson died in Clay County, Arkansas, leaving surviving ■ him his widow, Maggie Watson, and Mary Hill and four children by a former wife. In October, 1914, Samuel Watson and Maggie Watson were married. At that time he owned about two hundred acres of land, including his homestead, in Clay County, Arkansas. Maggie Watson also had…
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