POPE v. KIRK


255 S.W.2d 468 (1953)

POPE et al. v. KIRK.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. J. See and Eldred E. Adams, Louisa, for appellants.

William R. McCoy, Jr., and Jasper Preece, Inez, for appellee.


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...

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