McDowell v. Arnold

From the pleadings in this cause, the sole question for determination is whether or not a remainderman is liable for money expended by, or with the approval of, a life tenant for repairs and improvements on the property devised.

*82By her last will and testament, executed on May 27, 1938, Dr. Sarah Allen Craig devised the real estate here in question to her sister, Mrs. Mary C. Chisolm, for the period of her natural life, and the remainder in fee. to Dr. Herbert L. Arnold. Following the death of the testatrix, the will was duly probated on August 26, 1938, and the life tenant had possession of…