Martin v. Martin

The trial court sustained a demurrer interposed to complainants’ bill, and entered a decree dismissing the case. From that decree plaintiffs sought and obtained this appeal.

The substance of the allegations set forth in appellants’ bill is as follows: That by a deed dated August 14, 1916, a tract of land containing 305 acres, located in Nelson county, Virginia, was impressed with a trust for their benefit “during their joint lives and then for the benefit of the survivor, the same to ne held and enjoyed free and absolved from any debt they may now owe or hereafter contract or incur;” that on *208Au…