Pope v. Kirk

DUNCAN, Justice.

The record here presents an unusual situation and is illustrative of the confusion which is compounded when uninformed laymen undertake the drafting of legal instruments.

' On July 6, 1928, Alfred Yates executed, acknowledged, and delivered to his wife, Roda Yates, a deed conveying to her in fee simple thirty-five acres of land situated on Rockcastle Creek in Martin and Lawrence Counties. The deed was prepared and written in pen and ink by T. J. Endicott, a notary public. A few days after the deed was delivered, the grantee concluded that she wanted the property to descend to…