Anspach v. Lightner

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 218
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 194

Syllabus

<p>Deed — Will—Consideration—Life estate.</p> <p>Where a writing is a formal conveyance of real estate in fee reserving the property to the grantor “ as long as she lived,” but with no reservation in the habendum, and extraneous evidence shows that the object of the grantor was to compensate the grantee for services rendered or to be rendered to her, and that she understood what the effect of the delivery of the instrument would be, and that she directed the scrivener to keep possession of the paper, the paper will be construed to be a deed, and not a will.</p>