Snodgrass v. Snodgrass

This case involves the question of whether certain deeds were delivered by the grantor before his death. On April 23, 1912, John ¡3. Snodgrass executed his will and testament and also then executed two warranty deeds by terms conveying unto each of two of his adult children, Minnie E. Pierce and Geo. L. Snodgrass, a separate tract of real estate, subject to a reservation of a life estate to himself. These he deposited with one J. Collins, who was an abstracter and a loan agent and not a lawyer, and who had drawn the papers for him. On May 22, 1915, the same grantor executed a similar deed to…