Broas v. Broas

The defendant, Charles Broas, and his brother, J. Just Broas, and sisters, Isabel Mann and Catherine Hill, were made devisees in common by the will of. their father, of estates in remainder in fee of the land in dispute and the same were assigned and the land partitioned by the probate court. On appeal to the circuit court, the decree was affirmed, and the cause is now before us on appeal.

The crucial question in the case is whether a vested interest in remainder passed to the remaindermen upon the death of the testator. This depends upon the construction to be given to the second and third…