Hamilton v. Mound City Mutual Life Insurance

The Chancellor:

On September 29, 1857, Oscar Hamilton, by deed of that date, “ for the consideration of' love and affection” for bis brother Mortimer Hamilton- and his wife Emmeline, and their children (naming them),, conveyed to John Thompson his interest in his brother J. D. Hamilton’s estate, in trust “for the joint and separate' use of Mortimer Hamilton and Emmeline Hamilton, his-wife, for and during the term of their joint lives, and then to the survivor for the remainder of his or her life, free from the present debts and liabilities, or any future debts and liabilities, of the said…