Goodspeed v. Bowler

Taylor, C.

The house and lot involved in this controversy was the homestead of Ida Griswold at the time of her death on March 17, 1921. She left no will, and under the statute a life estate in the property passed to her husband, Fred A. Griswold, and the remainder in fee passed to her three children.

On May 28, 1921, the children and their respective spouses executed a quitclaim deed of the property to their father, Fred A., but the deed was not recorded. In 1923 the father married the defendant Esther R. Griswold. He died intestate April 15, 1924, and on May 12, 1924, Esther R. was appointed…