Carder v. Hughett

Mr. Presiding Justice Crow

delivered the opinion of the court.

On May 10, 1910, Rodney H. Matthew, a widower, owned in fee simple an improved farm of 160 acres in Cass county and resided thereon with his married daughter, Edna P. Matthew Hughett, and her husband, the appellant. He owned no other real estate and no other property except a horse and buggy and some personal effects. His family then consisted of the appellant, Halla Matthew Jones (now Halla Matthew Carder, an appellee), and his sons, O. R. Matthew, an appellee, and Leonidas Matthew.

On that date the father executed a warranty deed…