Sides v. Beene

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

This case involves the construction of a deed, and whether the appellant, an adopted child, was properly excluded from the remainder interest created by the deed. The trial court held that the language in the deed conveying property to the grantee for life, and then to the legal heirs of her body who survived her, created an estate tail, and further held that title to the property reverted to the grantors’ estate. We find no error and affirm.

On February 24, 1930, T.P. Johnson and Arkie Johnson executed a deed conveying their interest in 160 acres of land…