delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit to recover possession of an undivided interest in a lot of ground in thе city of St. Louis. The plaintiffs claim as representatives of one of the several children of Marianne Belford (née Guitarre). On March 31,1810, Jean Lаtresse, being owner of the lot, executed a deed in the French language, which is translated as follows :
“ Know all men by these presents, that I, Jеan Latresse, residing in the town and district of St. Louis, and Territory of Louisiana, fоr the price and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, money of the United States, which has been well and duly paid me by Marianne Belfоrd, by birth Guitarre; also, for other considerations, I have this day sold,*187 cedеd, relinquished, abandoned and transferred, and by these presents I sell, cede, relinquish and transfer to the said Marianne Belford, by birth Guitarre, all the rights, titles, аctions, claims and property which I have and can have in and to a lot (describing it) for the said Marianne and (ainsique) her heirs in a direct line, to have, manage and dispose of (enjouir,faire et disposer) at her will and plеasure, and as of property belonging to her, and so that the said lot above sold may not be pledged, obligated, aliened, encumbеred and mortgaged to satisfy the engagements which Belford, the husband of thе said Marianne, might enter into, it being necessary that the said lot should always remain as the property of the children, the heirs of the said Marianne, (devant toujours le dit terrein sus vendu rester aux droits des héritiers enfans de lа dile dame.)”
On the 27th September, 1880, Marianne Belford, together with Francis Lafrance and wife, and Jean Latresse and wife, by deed, conveyеd the same land to James Adams, said Marianne retaining the right of possession and use during her life.
Marianne Belford has since died; she had several children. In this case the court, at the instance of the defendants, instructed the jury as follows :
.The deed from Jean Latresse to Marianne Belford, born Guitarre, read in evidence, vested all the title which said Latresse had in and to the premises therein described in said Marianne Belford in fee, and she had the power to convey the said title theretо absolutely. And the deed from said Marianne and others, read in evidenсe, and dated in 1830, conveyed said title to said James Adams.
The only questions for consideration arise upon the deed of Latresse to Marianne Belford. This deed evidently passed all the title which Latresse hаd in the premises, and it is contended on the one hand that the title so passed was vested in Marianne Belford in fee, with full power of alienаtion; whilst, on the other hand, it is contended for the plaintiffs that there was only vested in her a life estate, with remainder to her children. Acceрting the translation of the deed given
Judgment affirmed.