Foxwell v. Justice

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

'In 1914 Henderson Foxwell, an aged colored man of good character and business ability hut illiterate, sold and conveyed to a neighbor, J. A. Justice, a white man, the absolute fee simple title to one hundred and forty-eight acres of land with covenant of general warranty and without reservation of any kind. He had, however, in 1903, or eleven years theretofore, sold and conveyed all of the minerals in the same land to the St. Bernard Mining Company by a deed which was promptly recorded.

In 1917 Justice instituted this action at law to recover of…