Curtis v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the orators’ bill. Bennington County, June Term, 1899, before Mwnson, Chancellor, who rendered a decree sustaining the demurrer and dismissing tbe bill. The orators appealed. The bill was brought by Elenora D. Curtis and James D. Curtis, her husband, against John B. Simpson and Adelbert E. Simpson, and John T. ShurtlefE, administrator of the estate of Martha Simpson, deceased.
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Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the orators’ bill. Bennington County, June Term, 1899, before Mwnson, Chancellor, who rendered a decree sustaining the demurrer and dismissing tbe bill. The orators appealed. The bill was brought by Elenora D. Curtis and James D. Curtis, her husband, against John B. Simpson and Adelbert E. Simpson, and John T. ShurtlefE, administrator of the estate of Martha Simpson, deceased. The bill alleged that the deed considered in the opinion, given by said Martha Simpson to her daughter, the said Elenora D. Curtis, by its terms reserved to the grantor the occupancy and…
1Opinion of the CourtTaet, C. J.
The question in this case relates to the validity of a deed of real estate executed by Martha Simpson, of whose estate John T. Shurtleif, the defendant, is administrator. At the time of the execution of the deed, she had a husband, John K. Simpson, a defendant. The deed was given by the said Martha to her daughter. Elenora D. Curtis, the oratrix. Adelbert E. Simpson, defendant, was the son of Martha, and claims that *235the property conveyed, belongs to his* father as surviving husband of Martha, and to Martha’s estate, for that under Y. S. secs. 2209 and 2646, the conveyance from Martha to her…
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