Prindle v. Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home

On June 15, .1901, Helen Atkins, widow, and Eliza J. Leigh, widow, being the owners of certain lots in the town of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, executed and delivered a conveyance thereof to Theron W. Prindle, plaintiff herein, who is the son of the last-named grantor. The granting clause .of this deed runs “to Theron W. Prindle, his heirs and- assigns,” and the instrument contains the usual covenants of warranty. Following the description of the property are the words:

For the term of his natural life, subject, however, to a life estate therein expressly reserved to the grantors herein -and to the…