Moran v. Smithers

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Judge Hines :

Mrs. Sophrona S. Moran, being the owner and having title to a certain tract of land in Marshall county, united with her husband, who is appellant, in a deed conveying the land to Thos. F. Gobeen, Jr., “in trust,” as expressed in the conveyance, “for said B. F. Moran and Sophrona S. Moran (as the same was held immediately before the execution of this instrument), for their joint lives, and then to the survivor as follows; if the said Sophrona S. Moran shall survive, then to her own proper use and behoof forever; if the said B. F. Moran shall survive, then to his use…