Brown v. Harding

The appellees brought this action in the Howard Circuit Court against the appellants to set aside two deeds to certain real estate described therein, and requesting the appointment of a trustee to hold said real estate. The appellees allege in their complaint that the grantor named in said deeds was vested only with a life estate; and that the appellees hold the fee simple title to said real estate subject to said reserved life estate.

The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. The issues were formed by the complaint, an answer in denial filed to the complaint, and an…