Williams v. Young

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Grant Williams is the agreed source of title. On June 4, 1948, the day preceding his burial, appellee M. T. Young, a defendant below, a nephew and an heir at law of the deceased, executed and delivered to appellant, Rufus Williams, the plaintiff below, an instrument which purports to convey to plaintiff an undivided 40-acre interest in three adjacent tracts of land, aggregating 130% acres, situated in Harrison County. This instrument, forthwith filed for record, recites a consideration of $125 in cash as then paid by plaintiff to M. T. Young. According to its reading, tenor…