HALL v. HALL


604 S.W.2d 851 (1980)

Opal HALL, Linda Gale Derring, Bobby Hall, and Inez Brandon, Appellants, v. Bertha HALL, Ronnie Dixon and Randall Dixon, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Chamberlain, Lafayette, for appellants.

James Donoho, Hartsville, Frank D. Farrar, Lafayette, Solon Fitzpatrick, Carthage, for appellees.


OPINION

BROWN, Justice.

This case involves the interpretation and legal effect of a deed wherein the grantor gave the grantee an estate in land with an apparent unlimited power of disposition and conversely placed a condition upon her right of ownership.

On December 20, 1920, T.A. Hall conveyed three tracts of land by warranty deed to his wife, Ms. Betty Hall, the plaintiff. In the granting clause of this deed, the grantor stated:

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