McCaleb v. Brown

Omitting only the introductory paragraph and the formal order, we set forth in haec verba the trial Court's Final Decree:

[Facts]

"Virginia E. McCaleb was the mother of six children: Robert Leon McCaleb, Sallie McCaleb Drake, Josephine McCaleb Balch, Joseph Edmond McCaleb, John William McCaleb and Shelby Blaine McCaleb. On May 21, 1942, Mrs. McCaleb executed six (6) deeds conveying to each of her children a life interest in specified separate parcels of property.

"The operative language in each of the deeds was virtually identical, the only variation being in reference to the sex of the named…