Livesay v. Boyd

By the will of his father, who died in 1892, Charles T. Livesay acquired a tract of land “for and during his natural life with remainder in fee at his death to his lineal descendants.” In accordance with .the will the life tenant took possession of, and held the land until it was condemned by the United States government in 1919 for a part of Camp Lee.

The net proceeds of the award, amounting to $19,479.50, were invested, under the decrees of the Circuit Court of Prince George county in a chancery suit instituted for that purpose, in a first mortgage loan on real estate in the city of…