Kennedy v. Kennedy

Does the language appearing at the end of the description in each of the three deeds under which Hobart A. Kennedy took title to the lands in question have the effect of creating life estates in the grantors named in said deeds? This question must be answered in the negative.

The recent case of Artis v. Artis, 228 N.C. 754, 47 S.E. 2d 228, furnishes abundant authority for the position here taken.

In the deeds now under consideration, the words of the granting clause, the habendum clause, and the warranty are clear and unambiguous and are fully sufficient to pass immediately a fee simple title…