Bohon v. Bohon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 83 — EQUITY— APPEAL FROM WOODFORD CIRCUIT COURT. I. Upon the death of Mrs. Henderson without children, the remainder-interest in the moiety of which she was life tenant passed to the children of Mrs Bohon. 2 Even if that moiety reverts to the heirs of Mrs. Evans, the children of Mrs. B. are entitled, as heirs of Mrs. E.. to one-fifth of it.
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Case 83 — EQUITY— APPEAL FROM WOODFORD CIRCUIT COURT. I. Upon the death of Mrs. Henderson without children, the remainder-interest in the moiety of which she was life tenant passed to the children of Mrs Bohon. 2 Even if that moiety reverts to the heirs of Mrs. Evans, the children of Mrs. B. are entitled, as heirs of Mrs. E.. to one-fifth of it. (Preston on Estates, 94; 1 Hilliard on Real Estate, chap. 59; 4 Cruise's Digest, 319 ; I Saunders’ Reports, 186 ; 2 East, 36; Staunton v. Peck, 2 Cox, ch. 8 ; 2 Bailey, 445 ; 4 Kent, 258-60 ) I. The fee in the moiety conveyed by Mrs. E. to Mrs. H. was…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HINES
delivered the opinion of the court.
In 1853 Mrs. Elizabeth Evans conveyed to her nieces, Elizabeth N. Bohon and Susan E. Henderson, during their *409natural lives, a certain piece of land, stipulating in the conveyance that ‘ ‘ at the death of said grantees or at the death of either of them, the shares of said decedents or of either of them shall go to their children forever.” Mrs. Elizabeth N. Bohon died in 1855, leaving children. Mrs. Evans died in 1859, leaving two heirs, her sisters, Lucy Bowles and Mary P. Bowles. In i860 Mrs. Mary P. Bowles conveyed to B. F. Bohon “all of her…
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