The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, Volume 15Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Edward Potton, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1894 |
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... shew that in case of a bequest to children , the tendency of construc- tion is in favour of a vested interest in those then living . Cited for respondent , Douglas v . Chalmer , 2 Ves . jr . 501 , † to shew that the words , in case any ...
... shew that in case of a bequest to children , the tendency of construc- tion is in favour of a vested interest in those then living . Cited for respondent , Douglas v . Chalmer , 2 Ves . jr . 501 , † to shew that the words , in case any ...
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... shew the testator's intention that the interest should go to a devisee , there the heir must take . In the case of Arnold v . Chapman , † a copyhold estate was devised to Chapman , he causing 1,000l . to be paid to the executors , and ...
... shew the testator's intention that the interest should go to a devisee , there the heir must take . In the case of Arnold v . Chapman , † a copyhold estate was devised to Chapman , he causing 1,000l . to be paid to the executors , and ...
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... shews how careful the Courts are , not to disinherit an heir at law , unless it is clearly the intention of the testator that the property should go in another direction . There one devised a rent charge to a trustee , to be sold to pay ...
... shews how careful the Courts are , not to disinherit an heir at law , unless it is clearly the intention of the testator that the property should go in another direction . There one devised a rent charge to a trustee , to be sold to pay ...
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... shew that such had been the construction of the maxim . The cases of Hamilton v . * June 2 , 1667 ; Deans v . Abercrombie , Dict . vol . ii . p . 60 ; case of Edrington Mills , July 5 , 1809 , were also cited , to shew that the landlord ...
... shew that such had been the construction of the maxim . The cases of Hamilton v . * June 2 , 1667 ; Deans v . Abercrombie , Dict . vol . ii . p . 60 ; case of Edrington Mills , July 5 , 1809 , were also cited , to shew that the landlord ...
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... shew that , in cases of loss of a farm - house by inevitable accident , the landlord is bound to rebuild , and there is no ground in reason for carrying the obligation of the land- lord to this extent . There is no formal judgment to ...
... shew that , in cases of loss of a farm - house by inevitable accident , the landlord is bound to rebuild , and there is no ground in reason for carrying the obligation of the land- lord to this extent . There is no formal judgment to ...
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Page 237 - If it is a sort of injury by which the offender acquires no gain to himself at the expense of the sufferer, as beating or imprisoning a man, etc., there, the person injured has only a reparation for the delictum in damages to be assessed by a jury. But where, besides the crime, property is acquired which benefits the testator, there an action for the value of the property shall survive against the executor.