Chas. W. Priddy & Co. v. Sanderford

This appeal presents for decision two questions: (1) Is one of several tenants in common of real property which is subject to an outstanding life estate entitled to have a sale thereof for partition prior to the expiration of the life estate; and (2) are the children of the testator seized of a vested or a contingent remainder?

The first question is answered by statute. For the purpose of partition the tenants in common of a vested remainder are deemed to he seized and possessed thereof as if no life estate existed and the existence of the life estate is no bar to a proceedings for sale for…