Wills v. Pierce

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The granting clause in the deed under consideration was: “In consideration of the sum of one dollar to me paid, I . . do hereby sell and convey to [the grantee and,] . . his heirs, a tract or parcel of land and appurtenances in fee simple.” Then followed a description of the land, after which the grantor inserted the provision that the property was to be used as a home by the grantee, his family, and his heirs, and that upon the abandonment of the property as a residence by the grantee, his family, or his heirs, the same should…