Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From the Year 1789 to 1817, Volume 4; Volume 25S. Sweet and Stevens and Sons, 1827 |
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... death of the testator , while he was writing down instructions for a new will at the house of the Defendant , that the said John Byrn was his particular friend ; and as he had a large family , he the said testator would not on any ...
... death of the testator , while he was writing down instructions for a new will at the house of the Defendant , that the said John Byrn was his particular friend ; and as he had a large family , he the said testator would not on any ...
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... death withstanding happened , before the settlement was made , and consequently the death of either party , the property survived to the wife , but that in this case there was no agreement binding upon the interest of the wife . years ...
... death withstanding happened , before the settlement was made , and consequently the death of either party , the property survived to the wife , but that in this case there was no agreement binding upon the interest of the wife . years ...
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... death " of Mr. Richard Evans or his sisters or Mr. Richard Bushby " each of their legacies at their death to be sole property " of the Saint Alphage Society . " The testator died , leaving his wife surviving , but no issue . The bill ...
... death " of Mr. Richard Evans or his sisters or Mr. Richard Bushby " each of their legacies at their death to be sole property " of the Saint Alphage Society . " The testator died , leaving his wife surviving , but no issue . The bill ...
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... death to such person or persons as should be entitled to the reversion or inheritance thereof . The testator died in July 1754. Upon his death Hyatt entered ; and in October 1754 he surrendered the lease ; and took a new lease to him ...
... death to such person or persons as should be entitled to the reversion or inheritance thereof . The testator died in July 1754. Upon his death Hyatt entered ; and in October 1754 he surrendered the lease ; and took a new lease to him ...
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... death of Hyatt , one only of the lives in this lease remaining , of the age of eighty - four , the Defendant succeeded ; and he , what authority he had without the consent of the remainder - man I do not know , surrendered the lease ...
... death of Hyatt , one only of the lives in this lease remaining , of the age of eighty - four , the Defendant succeeded ; and he , what authority he had without the consent of the remainder - man I do not know , surrendered the lease ...
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admitted aforesaid age of twenty-one Alsager Annuities Anstey answer applied appointment assigns Attorney Bank Annuities bankrupt bequest bill was filed Blakeman bond Brown charged child circumstances claim codicil copyhold Court Court of Equity creditors dated daughter death debts decease declared decree deed Defendant directed disposition dividends Duke of Newcastle Earl of Lincoln entitled equity executed executors executory devise expences farther fund give given husband intention interest issue John Pelham land lease legacy legatee lives Lockyer Lord Chancellor Lord Hardwicke Lord Thurlow marriage Master mortgage O'Halloran paid payment personal estate Plaintiff possession premises principal purchase purpose question real estate remainder rents and profits residuary residue respect Robert Fryer ROLLS rule settlement shew statute sum of money survivor tenant term testator's testatrix THELLUSSON thereof Thomas Thomas Lockyer tion trust vested void wife William William Light WOODFORD words
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Page 363 - Defendants, yet on a bill filed in equity, it was referred to the Master to take an account of what was due to the Plaintiffs, and an issue at law was refused by the Chancellor, who thought the question too clear to be disputed.
Page 316 - It is an established rule that an executory devise is good if it must necessarily happen within a life or lives in being, and twenty-one years, and the fraction of another year, allowing for the time of gestation.
Page 838 - Provided always, that this clause shall not extend to the case of a married woman where under this act the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners for the custody of the great seal, or...
Page 144 - ... equally to be divided between them, share and share alike...
Page 55 - ... or the survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such survivor, shall think fit...
Page 624 - Plaintiff; which was, to the use of such person or persons, and for such estate or estates...
Page 493 - ... wife for her life; and after the death of the survivor of them...
Page 581 - ... during his life, and after the decease of the survivor in trust for the children of the marriage, and in case there should be no children, then for the survivor, his or her executors, &c.
Page 432 - Graves, for life ; remainder to his first and other sons in tail male ; remainder to the first and other sons of the testator's daughter, Anna Maria Hearle, in tail male ; remainder to his own right heirs.