Hagan v. Waldo

This bill in equity was originally brought by Victorine Bongard to set aside a certain deed executed by the complainant and her husband, Joseph Bongard, May 31,1884, by which they conveyed four hundred and twenty-five acres of land in Champaign county to Mary H. Waldo for the term of her natural life, and to her heirs, Prances Waldo, Maud Waldo and Harry Waldo in fee simple, subject to a life estate in Victorine Bongard, and if Joseph Bongard survived her, the life estate in him, retained by the grantors, respectively, during the terms of their lives. After the suit was begun the original…