Usry v. Farr

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

At issue in this appeal is when title to the remainder interest under the will of Watson Usry vested. On summary judgment, the trial court held that the remainder vested at the time of Usry’s death and not at the death of the life tenant. Because Usry’s will expressed the intention of providing for those who survive him and all five grandchildren survived him, we affirm.

Watson Usry died in 1967. The relevant clause of Usry’s will provided successive life estates in his lands, first to his wife Lucille and then to their children, with the remainder to his grandchildren.…