Lowry v. Lowry
Lowry v. Lowry
Opinion of the Court
Defendant Durward is the son of complainant, defendant Eva is the wife of Durward, and the other defendant, John D., is their infant son. The bill is filed to obtain a decree changing the name of the grantee in a deed bearing date December 26, 1889. By this deed one Catherine E. Jones conveyed a certain lot in the city of Ann Arbor to Helen M. Lowry, the wife of complainant and the mother of defendant Durward. Shortly after
There is just one question raised on this appeal, and that is whether the lower court correctly disposed of the issue of fact. Though the testimony in the case is conflicting, we are convinced that complainant knew, soon after this deed was executed, that his wife was the sole grantee named therein; that he lived happily with her from that time until she died; that during this time he not only permitted her to deal with the property and mortgage it as her own, but he often, if not habitually, spoke of it as hers, and denied the right of his creditors to take it in payment of his debts. We cannot avoid concluding from this testimony that complainant consented to the action of which he now complains, and that he was not, therefore, entitled to the decree appealed from.
Defendants’ counsel does not ask that the hill of complaint be dismissed. Speaking for his clients, the adult defendants, who alone are interested in the property, he expresses their willingness that the decree should be so modified as to secure to complainant a life estate in the property, and the reversion to the defendant Durward. Under these circumstances, such a decree will be made. Defendants will recover costs of both courts, which, however, will not be enforced against the life estate of complainant.
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