Kritser v. First National Bank of Amarillo

KEITH, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered in a declaratory judgment proceeding brought to interpret the habendum clause in a deed. The particular deed in issue was executed in 1921 by R. B. Masterson and his wife, Anna, for the purpose of conveying a life estate in certain lands in Potter and Moore Counties, to their daughter, Anna Belle Kritser, with remainder to other persons. There is no serious dispute between the parties over the fact that Anna Belle Kritser’s interest is a life estate; but, the character of the remainder interests and the identification of the re-maindermen,…