Ball v. Curtis

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In four cases we have held that when the title to land is vested in a life tenant with contingent remainders that will not vest until the life tenant’s death, a court of equity has the power upon a proper showing to order a sale of the land for reinvestment. Walker v. Blaney, 225 Ark. 918, 286 S.W.2d 479 (1956); Wing v. Wing, 212 Ark. 960, 208 S.W.2d 776 (1948); Hardy v. Hilton, 211 Ark. 991, 204 S.W.2d 163 (1947); Bedford v. Bedford, 105 Ark. 587, 152 S.W. 129 (1912). In all those cases, however, when the suit was brought there was in being a member of the class of…