Bishop v. Jones

BROAVN, Justice.

The appellant’s contention here is that the deed executed by T. J. Wofford, Sr., to Martha Alice Jones on November 3, 1873, interpreted in the light of the rule in Shelley’s Case, which was abolished by the Code of-1852 (section 1304), vested in Mrs. Jones a fee-tail estate, which by virtue of the statute was converted into an estate in fee simple. Code 1923, § 6901. If this contention is sustained, the appellant, on the agreed case, was the owner of the entire title, and appellees have no interest therein, and the decree granting them relief must be reversed.

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