Pickens v. Knisely

Johnson, President :

On the 28th day of August, 1866, Stephen Arnold, of Barbour county, conveyed to his daughter, Sarah Jane Knisely, a tract of land in said county “ subject to this condition, that the same shall not operate as a conveyance of the legal title to said land or the right to the possession thereof until after the death of the said Stephen Arnold.” On the 15th day of December, 1868, L. M. Knisely and the said Sarah Jane Knisely, his wife, executed their joint and several bond to James Pickens for the sum of $1,650.00. On the ,9th day of September, 1871, the same parties executed…