Stratford v. Lattimer

SIMPSON, Justice.

Appeal from a decree sustaining demurrer to a bill for declaratory judgment for the construction of a deed and for relief incident thereto. Decision turns on a proper construction of the deed.

The deed was one of gift executed May 11, 1898, by S. Cornelia Graham to her daughter, Eugenia Stratford, for life with remainder over after her death to Eugenia’s children, etc. When the deed was executed the grantee’s children were Celia Stratford (Lattimer) and William Stanley Stratford, the appellees, and John B. Stratford, who- predeceased his mother, leaving as his only descendant…