Evans v. Brown

1. Where a deed by an owner of land, reserving a life-estate in himself and conveying the remainder interest to the grantees, contained the further clause, "It is understood and agreed that the [grantees] are, as a part of the consideration for this deed, to pay all taxes, assessments, or liens against this property, and failure to do so shall cause title to said property and the remainder interest therein to revert back to grantor instanter, in fee simple forever, in its entirety," held, that failure to pay municipal taxes against the property for any year during the grantor's life and at…