Lewis

The suit is to quiet title to the land described in the complaint. The judgment was for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal therefrom, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

The plaintiffs deraign title under a deed of date November 1, 1873, wherein their father, the deceased Henry Lewis, is party of the first part and they are parties of the second part. This deed purports to be in consideration of natural love and •affection and to grant to the parties of the second part the property in question. But the granting part of the deed and description of the land is followed by certain reservations, which, so far as material, are as follows:

The defendants claim under the will of the deceased, which devises to the defendant Rebecca Lewis a life estate in the lands in question, with remainder to certain of the other defendants and of the plaintiffs; and it is found that Henry Lewis, deceased, at the time of his death was the owner in fee simple of the land in question. This finding is based upon a deed of the deceased in his lifetime, of date October 2, 1879, to one Newell and a reconveyance from Newell of the same date to himself; both deeds purporting to be…