Rivers v. Rivers

COLLINGS, Justice.

Lillie Rivers, surviving' widow of J. H. Rivers, deceased, brought suit against George Rivers and other defendants, all children of said J. H. Rivers by a prior marriage. Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment decreeing the fee simple title to J. H. Rivers’ one-half interest in the community real estate of himself and plaintiff to be vested in plaintiff under a contract dated November 20, 1947, and decreeing that defendants’ claim of the remainder interest therein, subject to a life estate in plaintiff under the will of the said J. PI. Rivers, is wholly untenable and…