Supreme Court of Iowa September 21, 1880 (McCleary v. Ellis)

Day, J.

i. deed • void straüís^poñ alienation. I. From an examination of the deed of Abram McCleary it is evident that, it conveys a fee simple estate, conveyance is of a life estate to George Mc-Cleary, remainder to his children, but if he should -without children, to his brother George and his children; and if George should die without children, remainder to his sister’s children.