Pendleton v. . Williams

The rights of the parties and respective interests in the property are chiefly dependent on a certain deed bearing date March, 1883, in which A. L. Pendleton, the owner of the property, and Charles Guirkin, as trustee holding under a trust deed from said Pendleton, to secure two small claims due from him to his then wife, Jane Pendleton, conveyed the same to Jane R. Pendleton and others, habendum as follows:

"To have and to hold the above mentioned and described . . . property unto the said Jane R. Pendleton for and during the term of her natural life free from the control and incumbrances of…