Holt v. Rudolph

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Carroll

Affirming.

In 1875 A. N. Holt conveyed to liis daughter, Penina E. Trice, a tract of land in Ballard county “To have and to hold her natural life, unless she has an heir living, then the said land belongs to the children at her death, if no child living the said land comes back to her nearest relatives at her death. ’ ’

At the time the deed was made A. N. Holt had three living children — Penina E. Trice, the grantee in the deed, M. Y. Rudolph, a daughter, and J. P. Holt, a son.

Before the death of either A. N. Holt or his daughter, Penina, his…