Francisco v. Heaslip

Irving Hawley, a widower, about 80 years old, conveyed by warranty deed a 10-acre parcel of land to defendants in February, 1934, and died several months later. The deed which reserves a life estate to the grantor recites a nominal cash consideration and states that grantees as a part of the consideration “agree to provide for first party a home in said premises as long as he shall live and further agree to maintain said premises in a good state of repair, to keep it insured and to assume the first mortgage in the sum of $200.” Mr. Hawley lived on “the old homestead” with his two sons, John,…