Sermersheim v. Ackerman

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Fulton

Affirming.

In the year 1915 divorce proceedings between John A. Ackerman and his wife, Theresa Ackerman, were instituted in the Jefferson Circuit Court. While this action was pending, and in the year 1916, Ackerman, through an intermediary, conveyed to his wife, for life, a house and lot in Louisville with remainder to “the children of John A. Ackerman and Theresa Ackerman.” A divorce was rendered in the action several years later. At the time of the execution of the deed, Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman had six children, two of whom died in infancy, unmarried and…