Thornton v. Rains

Our former opinion is withdrawn and the following substituted therefor.

In 1914 C. H. Medlin executed a deed purporting to convey to his two minor children a tract of land in consideration of One Dollar and love and affection. On the same day, it was acknowledged before a notary public and filed for record and recorded four days later. The rents, revenues, use and possession of the land were reserved by the grantor during his lifetime.

Some two years later C. H. Medlin, joined by his wife whom he had married subsequently to the date of the 1914 deed, conveyed the same land by general warranty…