Garris v. . Tripp

This case was beard on an agreed statement of facts. Prior to 10 March, 1870,.Winnifred Tripp (who-before ber marriage to Theophilus Tripp was Winnifred Garris), and Mourning Garris, her sister, were the owners in fee and in possession of 40 acres of land allotted to them in the division of their. father’s estate and subject to the dower interest of their mother. On 10 March, 1870, Theophilus Tripp and his wife, Winnifred Tripp, Mourning Garris, and Smithie Garris, the widow, conveyed this land to John R. Smith in exchange for another tract containing 228 acres, which was conveyed by John R.…