Legal Opinion
Braswell v. Braswell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 3, 1954No. Record 4207PublishedCited by 3 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
By deed dated May 2, 1903, James J. Braswell conveyed a tract of land containing 37 acres which he owned in fee simple to his son, Nathaniel T. Braswell, “during his natural life and to his lawful heirs at his death, and if said Nathaniel T. Braswell should die leaving no lawful heir from his body, then the land herein conveyed shall revert back to the said James J. Braswell or to his lawful heirs.”
The grantor, James J. Braswell, died intestate in 1932, leaving surviving him, as his sole heirs at law, three sons; S. J. Braswell, W. H. Braswell and Nathaniel T. Braswell, the life tenant.…
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