Lawrence
Lawrence v. Wilson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
This was an action to foreclose a mortgage executed by one Mabel Lawrence to the plaintiff, her husband.
The facts of the case, concerning which there is no material dispute, may be briefly stated as follows: On the tenth day of July, 1914, Elizabeth Wilson, who was the mother of said Mabel Lawrence, executed to her a deed of trust covering the property ■ involved in this action, wherein she was directed, as such trustee, to hold said property in trust during the life of the grantor, Elizabeth Wilson, and her husband, Peter S. Wilson, and the survivor of them, and during said period to receive the rents and profits of said property and apply the same to the use of said Elizabeth Wilson and her said husband during their lives, and upon the death of the survivor of them to convey said property in fee simple to certain children of said Elizabeth Wilson and her husband in equal proportions as tenants in common thereof, it being provided that if any of said children be dead at the time set for said conveyance by the trustee the share of such deceased child should be conveyed in equal shares to his or her children; and if there were no children of such -deceased child, then such share…