Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Byrd
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 9, 1917PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court for Calhoun County; Cephas L. Wilson, Judge. •
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
George Byrd find others, children and heirs of O. B. Byrd, deceased, brought suit for partition against Rilla Byrd, widow of .the décedent. Partition was decreed and the defendant appealed.
It appears that in 1906 O. B. Byrd executed a deéd conveying his- homestead real estate to his wife, it being stated in the deed that the grantor “may have the use and occupancy of the said premises, free of rent, during the period of her-natural life.” O. B. Byrd died in 1912 while living on the premises.
If the deed executed to his wife was ineffectual as a conveyance of O. B. Byrd’s homestead real estate,…
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