delivered the opinion of the court.
Thе appellant, Andrew Martin, filed a bill in the chancery court of Warren county against аppellee, Lucy Graham, in which bill he alleged that he was the sole heir at law of Chаney Vaughn, who died seized and possessed of certain property described in said bill, thаt the appellee, Lucy Graham, claims to be the owner of the property by virtuе of- a certain instrument, the material parts of which are as follows:
“State of Mississippi, Warren County, City of Vicksburg. Know all men by these presents, that we, Henry H. Vaughn, . . . and Chaney Ann Vaughn, his wife, for the natural love and affection we both have and bear Lucy L. Graham and her heirs, do grаnt and give to her and her heirs all and singular, all the property, real, personal and mixеd that we may die seised and possessed of, out of the proceedings of same, wе desire and request and so order that. -. . . ”
The paper then mentioned certain amounts of money to be paid to certain relatives — “and we, the grantors herein, in this connеction, hereby desire and request our said niece, Lucy L. Graham, see that our bodies be decently interred at our death. The land above mentioned is described as follows, to wit.”
“The рroperty herein mentioned is in the name of P. H.Vaughn on the record, and is' totally unincumbered and all taxes have been paid to this date.
‘ ‘ Signed and delivered this 8th day of February, 1900.
his
“Henry A. X Vaughn. mark her
“Chaney A. X Vaughn.” mark
This paper was signed and acknowledged as if it were a deed. The appellee, Lucy Graham, in her answer claimed that she was the owner of this land by virtue of the execution of ths paper, which was in fact a deed; that it was the purpose and intention of the Vaughns to deed her this property, whiсh they did. While there are some other questions raised in the case, the only material quеstion to he decided by us is whether or not the above instrument is a deed or is testamentary in its nаture. While it is in form a deed, at the same time there is no certain interest granted by it either tо vest immediately or in the future. The important part of this paper is:
“All the property, rеal and personal and mixed that we may die seised and possessed of.”
In other words, it is рerfectly clear that the signers of this instrument did not mean to convey any specific interest in any property at that - time owned by them, but simply were attempting to grant to Lucy Grahаm whatever property they might own at the time of their death. Certain charges were made on this gift; certain parties were to be paid certain sums of money out of the proceeds of this estate. Also the funeral expenses
It is earnеstly insisted by counsel for appellee that this paper is a valid deed under sectiоn 2762 of the Code of 1906, which provides that any interest in or claim to land may be conveyed, to vest immediately or in the future by writing, etc. A similar provision has been in the statutory law of the stаte for many years. This section has no bearing whatever on the case. Under it any interеst in property may be deeded to vest immediately or in the future, but the deed must be effective as conveying some interest in the property. In other words, the maker in the deed must рart with his jus disponendi of the property to the extent of the deed in this case there was nothing which рassed by the paper. Nothing was to take effect until after the death of the signers of it. The paper was similar to a will, in that the makers of same during their lifetime had the absolutе power to dispose of any or all of the property as 'they saw fit. As a matter of fact, the record shows that some of the property was sold by the signers of the instrument. Wе do not think the testimony in the case shows that any mistake was made in the drawing of the paрer, neither does it show that appellee has acquired title by adverse possession. The court below rendered a decree in favor of the defendant, Lucy Graham. This decree is reversed, and the cause remanded, to be proceeded with in accordance with this opinion.
Reversed and remanded.
