 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1789 - 742 pages
...an eftate for life. For inftance, if a tellator by will fays, I give my lands, crfucb and fuch lands to A ; if no words of limitation are added, A has only an fibre for life. ' Generally fpcaking, no common perfon has the fmalleft idea of any difference between... | |
 | 1789 - 746 pages
...eftate for life. For inftance, if a teftator by will fays, I give my lands, er /itch and fucb lands to A } if no words of limitation are added, A has only an ethte for life. ' Generally fpeaking, no common perfon has the fmallefl idea of any difference between... | |
 | Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1810 - 642 pages
...for life. For instance, if a testator " by his will says, I give my lands, or such and such lands " to A.; if no words of limitation are added, A. has...horse and a quantity of land. Common sense " alone could never teach a man the difference; but the dis" tinction now clearly established, is this, if... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1824 - 626 pages
...estate for life. For instance, if a testator by his will says, I give my lands, ot-«uch and such lands to A.; if no words of limitation are added, A. has...the smallest idea of any difference between giving a personalty and a quantity of land. Common sense alone would never teach a man the difference; but the... | |
 | James Humphreys - 1826 - 462 pages
...estate at A." He would seek it in vain. Generally speaking," observed Lord Mansfield, CCowp. 299) " no common person has the smallest idea of any difference between giving a horse and a quantity of land." (a) See MONTHSQ. Esprit des Lois. L. 36. c. 7, 8. against a minority,... | |
 | James Ram - 1835 - 642 pages
...estate for life. For instance, if a testator by his will says, I give my lands, or such and such lands, to A. ; if no words of limitation are added, A. has only an estate for life."(y) It frequently happens in a will, that two estates are separately devised to the same person;... | |
 | Joshua Williams - 1845 - 458 pages
...extent of the interest they had power to dispose of. " Generally speaking," says Lord Mansfield (p), " no common person has the smallest idea of any difference between giving a horse and a quantity of land. Common sense alone would never teach a man the difference; but the distinction,... | |
 | 1855 - 452 pages
...speaking," says Lord Mansfield, "no common person has the slightest idea of any difference between giving a horse and a quantity of land." Common sense alone...the distinction which is now clearly established is this:—If the words of the testator denote only a description of the specific estate or land devised,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1856 - 112 pages
...will be new. Lord Mansfield once observed (and Lords Kenyon and Ellenborough agree with him) — " Generally speaking no common person has the smallest idea of any difference between giving a horse or any other chattel, and a quantity of land. Common sense alone would never teach a man the... | |
 | Owen Davies Tudor - 1856 - 942 pages
...but often defeated the intentions of the testator ; for, as was well observed by Lord Mansfield, " generally speaking, no common person has the smallest idea of any difference between giving a horse and a quantity of land, and common sense would never teach any man the difference." (Cowp. 306.)... | |
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Generally speaking, no common person has the smallest idea of any difference between giving a person a horse and a quantity of land ; common sense alone would never teach a man the difference... 
