Weir's Trustee v. Weir
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 103. — ACTION BY HARRIET P. WEIR AND ANOTHER AGAINST ALICE C. WEIR. Appeal from Muhlenberg Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Prom a judgment of dismissal, plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the Court
*789Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
James Weir, deceased, in his day a leading citizen of Greenville, Kv., by his will devised the house and lot in controversy in this case and other real estate to his daughter, Anna Elliott, for life, with remainder to her five children, Richard Elliott, Frank Elliott, J. W. Elliott, Henry Elliott, and Anna R. Devine, wife of Wm. E. Devine. December 15, 1869, Anna Elliott and Edward R. Elliott, her husband, sold and by deed conveyed the house and lot in question to her brother, Edward R. Weir, Jr., of Green-Mile. The deed purported to convey the fee…
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