Meade v. Robinson

Marcia J. Robinson, an old lady, owned a modest home in the village of Newaygo. January 8, 1913, she went to the real estate office of John Bailey, Sr., in that village, and had him prepare and she there executed a deed of the home to her daughter, Lena P. Bailey, reserving, however, at the insistence of the scrivener, a life lease, and she directed that the deed be recorded and kept secret until her death and then delivered by Mr. Bailey to the grantee. The deed was recorded three days after its execution. Thé grantee knew nothing about the making, recording and holding of the deed by Mr.…