Cunningham v. Lockett

On September 4, 1946, the appellant was the owner of 400 acres of land, more or less, situated in Panola County, Mississippi, which she inherited as the sole and only legal heir of her former husband, C. J. Johnson, who died intestate in'about the year 1928. Appellant later married James Cunningham, a preacher, with whom she *881lived until Ms death in the month of April, 1946. She had no children. On September 4, 1946, she executed a deed to her brother, George Lockett, conveying to him the aforesaid land and reserving unto herself a life estate therein. George Lockett died intestate on or about…