Bennett v. Langham

Mu. Chief Justice Buunett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The complainants’ Della Langham Bennett and others, filed a hill quia seeking to obtain the court’s construction of a deed given by their father to the defendant, Minnie Langham, his fourth wife. The deed purported to convey some property owned by complainants’ father to the defendant. There is no conflict over the fact that a conveyance was made; the conflict arises as to how much of an estate was given to the defendant.

The deed was a regular printed form with the words “a life estate” inserted in the granting clause so that it read: