Weed v. Knox

BROWN, J.:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in the court below from an order granting a motion of the defendant to dismiss plaintiff’s bill.

The bill alleges that Walter A. Weed, widower, and the father of the plaintiff Nell Weed and the defendant Jesse W. Knox, being the owner in fee simple of certain described real estate, executed and delivered to his daughters the plaintiff and defendant, a special warranty deed conveying certain described real estate to his said daughters, reserving however to the grantor therein a life estate in and to said property and every part thereof. This deed was…