Amos v. Amos

Elliott, C. J. —

On the 2d day of August, 1877, Joseph J. Amos, Sr., and his wife executed a deed to Liford K. Amos, which, omitting some of the formal parts and the description of the land, reads thus: “ This indenture witnesseth that Joseph J. Amos and Emily H. Amos, his wife, of Rush county and State of Indiana, convey and warrant to Liford K. Amos during the term of his nátural life, and at his death to his children begotten by him in wedlock the fee simple title to the real estate herein described, and in the event of the said Liford K. Amos dying without children begotten in wedlock,…