Hampton v. Niehaus

COIL, Commissioner.

Appellant Thomas J. Hampton, plaintiff below, married his second wife, Ollie, in 1947 or 1948 and they lived together as husband and wife until Ollie died intestate on June 24, 1955. On November 14, 1951, Nannie V. Castlen, by her warranty deed, conveyed the premises known and numbered as 5373 Theodosia Avenue to Ollie Hampton and the record title so conveyed was in Ollie at the time of her death. Respondents Mi-s. Niehaus and Mrs. Cowan, defendants and cross-claimants below, Ollie’s daughters by a former marriage, are her sole heirs.

Although by reason of plaintiff’s…