Byron v. Byron

This appeal is from a decree of the circuit court of Piatt county, which on motion of defendants dismissed plaintiff’s complaint for want of equity. The subject matter of the litigation revolves around an 80-acre tract of land located in said county, the title of which was acquired by John Byron, appellant’s father, in 1918. In February, 1940, he conveyed the tract to his two daughters, appellees herein, reserving a life estate to himself. The title thus conveyed was subject to a mortgage lien of $6000. In September, 1943, John Byron executed a second deed conveying the same tract, including…