Strawhacker v. Strawhacker

Plaintiffs brought this suit to have a deed to 80 acres of Jefferson county land construed and for a decree that they are the owners of an undivided one-half interest therein. From an adverse decree, plaintiffs appeal.

The record discloses that on December 1, 1883, John Jury and Mary E. Jury, his wife, conveyed the above-mentioned lands “to Andrew M. Strawhacker for and during his *615natural life and at his death, to his present wife Genevieve and her children. Now of the town of Minonk, county of Woodford and state of Illinois.” On the date of the execution and delivery of the deed, Genevieve…