Crosby v. Hutchinson

Robert Brady died seised of 160 acres of land. He left a widow and three children, two of whom quitclaimed to the widow, Mary Brady. The other, Lannes Brady, did not. It has been adjudicated that Mary Brady acquired no more than a life estate by the quitclaim deed from her children. The complainant acquired the title to the shares of the two children mentioned, and it is conceded that she is owner- of an undivided two-thirds interest in fee. She claims to own the fee in the share owned by Lannes Brady also. It rests on the following facts: Clark, Baker & Thompson, copartners, obtained a…