CARTER v. TAYLOR

No. 4-9849.

250 S.W.2d 122 (1952)

CARTER et ux. v. TAYLOR et ux.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 30, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaver & Shaver, Wynne, for appellants.

F. M. Duke, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., James Robertson, Wynne, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

This appeal calls on us to decide whether certain language in a will conveys a fee simple title or a fee tail title. The question arose and is presented here on the state of facts, about which there is no dispute, set out below.

On January 16, 1920 appellee, Neuman Taylor, took record title to the lands here involved by deed from one J. T. Lee et al. However, Dr. W. D. Home made one-half of the down payment with the understanding that he would...

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