DUKE v. HOPPER


486 S.W.2d 744 (1972)

Harold Wray DUKE and wife, Glenda S. Duke, Both Citizens and Residents of Fulton County, Kentucky, Appellants, v. Alice HOPPER et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied November 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strawbridge & Strawbridge, Dresden, for appellants.

Asher, Greenfield, Gubbins & Segall, Chicago, Ill., George C. Thomas, Dresden, for appellees.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court November 6, 1972.

NEARN, Judge.

This is a case where the grantees in a deed took title as husband and wife, but in fact were not lawfully married at the time of the execution and delivery of the deed. While so holding title and without ever having married, one of the grantees died. Subsequently, the surviving grantee conveyed as the "widow" to a third party purchaser for value. This suit is over the title to the land and...

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