Hosmer v. Carter

The original bill in this cause was filed by Livesay Carter against Mary E. Boyd, and her husband, Albert G. Boyd, and appellant, Hosmer, to set aside a deed which he had previously made to his daughter Mary for a certain tract of land, on the ground it had been altered after it was delivered, without his consent. The estate was conveyed to Mary and “her body heirs.” The word “body” was stricken out so that, after the erasure, the deed read, to “Mary E. Boyd and her heirs.” The evidence shows the erasure was made by Mrs. Boyd, under the belief her father had consented to the alteration. The…