Johnson v. Carroll

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Beversing.

This action involves the right of the appellees, William A. Carroll, Emily F. McDaniel and Jane West, to recover of the appellants, Sedalia Johnson, Addie Anderson, Ollie Anderson and W. E. Dockery, a tract of land, and which claim of right of recovery the circuit court by its judgment sustained. The land was purchased by *690Pan] Carroll on the 13th day of November,1879, from one Tarter, and the vendee, Paul Carroll, caused the vendor, Tarter, to convey a life estate in the land to his wife, Nancy Carroll, and the remainder interest to his…