Berry v. Cooley

This is an action by a mother against her minor children to quiet title to real estate. The trial court rendered judgment awarding a life estate to plaintiff and remainder in fee to defendants.

The real estate in question constituted the subject matter of a property settlement contract entered into between the plaintiff herein and her husband, the father of the defendants, in contemplation of their divorce action then pending. The present case involves the construction and interpretation of that contract, the divorce decree, and a certain deed executed by the husband pursuant thereto.

The…