Shedden v. Donaldson

Almand, Justice.

The question before us is: What interest did E. E. Donaldson receive in the property devised under Item 8 of the will at the time of the testator’s death? The plaintiff contends that his father took title to the remainder subject to being divested by his death prior to the death of the life tenant; and that, upon his father’s death he, the plaintiff, as the sole surviving child, took an absolute title on the death of the life tenant. On the other hand, the defendants in the main brief contend that E. E. Donaldson, being in life at the death of the testator, took a vested…