Rice v. United Mercantile Agencies

Appellee, Fisher A. Rice, on Marcn 26, 1926, acquired title to the south half of the northeast quarter of section 31, township 9 north, range 5 west of the third principal meridian, in Montgomery county, Illinois. This property was improved with a residence and outbuildings, and he, together with his wife, resided thereon. On.August 12, 1933, he conveyed said premises to his daughter, Golden Rice, subject, however, to a life estate which the grantors retained for and during their joint lives, and thereafter during the lifetime of the survivor. The balance of the language of the deed, being in…