Jernigan, Bank Comm'n v. Daughtry

Baker, J. R. V.

Daughtry brought this suit in ejectment to recover possession of 224.49 acres of land from the Bank Commissioner held as part of the assets of the American Exchange Trust Company, insolvent. William H. Eagle was the common source of title to this property. He transferred it by deed to his daughter, Martha M. Daughtry. The grant was “unto said Martha M. Daughtry and unto her bodily heirs forever.” This deed was executed on the 15th day of January, 1896. Thirty years later Mrs. Martha M. Daughtry and R. Y. Daughtry, one of her two sons, and his wife, Beatrice, executed a…