Robertson v. . Robertson

This is an action, brought under C. S., 1743, to quiet title and to remove a cloud therefrom, which, it is alleged, arises out of a claim by the defendants that they have a contingent remainder interest in the property, and to which plaintiff asserts a full and complete fee-simple title. The primary question involved is the proper construction of the deeds held by the plaintiff to the locus in quo.

On 26 October, 1871, Catherine R. Owen, who owned a lot in the town of Hillsboro, Orange County, conveyed the same, by deed properly executed and registered, to David A. Robertson, for the following…