Bryson v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.

McClendon, chief justice.

This suit involves the proper construction of a deed executed May 4, 1910, recorded May 10, 1910, whereby John H. and Ellen E. Bryson (husband and wife) conveyed to their son John Bryan Bryson a life estate in some 5,000 acres of land in Concho County (their community property), with remainder to the latter’s children or their descendants should any survive him, absent which to other stated remaindermen. The suit was brought by John Bryan Bry-son, Jr., only child of John Bryan Bryson, for a declaratory judgment and other relief, against his father and various parties…