Robertson v. Guenther

The question to be decided in this case is whether a remainder in ten acres of land is vested or contingent. Henry C. Smith being the owner in fee of one hundred and four acres of land in Bureau county, conveyed the same, on April 24, 1893, by warranty deed in statutory form, “to Alice Robertson during her natural life and at her death to her children surviving her, share and share alike,” charged with the payment by the “grantees” of an annuity of $200, payable on the first day of March of each year to the said Henry C. Smith during his natural life. The grantee, Alice M. Robertson, then had…