Cribb v. Hudson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This action involves, the rights of plaintiffs and defendant in two hundred acres of land in Wilson county. Prior to 1885 the title and ownership had been vested in Churchill Edwards, a'citizen of Illinois, who died intestate, leaving a widow and five living children and three minor grandchildren who were the offspring of his deceased daughter, Alice. In June, 1885, this widow and all her living sons and daughters and their spouses conveyed the land in controversy to defendant T. J. Hudson, the deed reciting that the grantors were the sole…