O'Hara v. Jacobs

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

A, B, C, and D bore the natural relation of sisters to each other, so that on death of either the other three would be her heirs at law. A and B executed a deed to E, purporting to convey described lands which were owned by grantors as tenants in common. The granting clause purported to convey the property unqualifiedly, but in the habendum, clause it was stated that the conveyance was “upon the uses and trusts hereinafter set forth, subject, however, to a life-estate which is hereby retained by the said parties of the first part for and during the lives of the…