Briggs v. Briggs

Whether language which otherwise would describe a fee absolute is restricted to a life estate by subsequent expressions contained in the will presented for construction is the question we are to consider.

The plaintiff, Alfred I. Briggs, is a son of Claude Briggs and the grandson of the testator, Ireson F. Briggs. Resting his claims upon the provisions of his grandfather’s will, the plaintiff claims title tO' an undivided interest in 640 acres of Sanborn County land described in the sixth provision of that will.

The testator, Ireson F. Briggs, settled on a farm in San-born county in 1880. His…