Dormer v. Walker

The parties appear here in the same position as in the court below and we shall refer to Mary Dormer as plaintiff or remainderman, and to the respective defendants by either that designation, or as life tenant and trustee. Mary A. Davis, in her lifetime, conveyed to the predecessor of the defendant trustee, certain real property for the life of the defendant, Hattie C. Walker, with remainder in fee simple to the plaintiff and her cotenant, Glenn Earl Newton, who is not a party to this proceeding. The life tenant is the daughter of the grantor and the remaindermen are children of the life…