Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Eldon, Volume 3A. Strahan, 1830 - Court rules |
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Page 370
... Davies , whom to a woman of the name of Martha Davis ; " and upen he described children of Martha by their re- spective names , " toge- ther with every other child born of the body of Martha Davies alive at my decease , or born within ...
... Davies , whom to a woman of the name of Martha Davis ; " and upen he described children of Martha by their re- spective names , " toge- ther with every other child born of the body of Martha Davies alive at my decease , or born within ...
Page 371
... Martha Davies , he added , " And in lieu thereof , in case she is living with me at my decease , and not otherwise , I give and bequeath to her the sum of 100 % . only ; and I do hereby revoke such parts of my will on account of the ill ...
... Martha Davies , he added , " And in lieu thereof , in case she is living with me at my decease , and not otherwise , I give and bequeath to her the sum of 100 % . only ; and I do hereby revoke such parts of my will on account of the ill ...
Page 372
... Martha Davies , who were then living , and who were all illegitimate , and he classes along with them " every other child born of the body of Martha Davies in his lifetime . " He con- templated the likelihood of the continuance of his ...
... Martha Davies , who were then living , and who were all illegitimate , and he classes along with them " every other child born of the body of Martha Davies in his lifetime . " He con- templated the likelihood of the continuance of his ...
Page 374
... Martha Davies , " which must mean every legitimate child . Suppose Martha Davies had married , and had had legitimate children , would they not have taken ? and could it have been argued , that her after - born illegi- timate children ...
... Martha Davies , " which must mean every legitimate child . Suppose Martha Davies had married , and had had legitimate children , would they not have taken ? and could it have been argued , that her after - born illegi- timate children ...
Page 375
... Martha Davies . " Now where there is a bequest to children generally , legi- timate children must be meant , unless it is shewn by something amounting to necessary implication , that the testator intended that the bequest should be to ...
... Martha Davies . " Now where there is a bequest to children generally , legi- timate children must be meant , unless it is shewn by something amounting to necessary implication , that the testator intended that the bequest should be to ...
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administrators agreement annuity applied appointed assignment attain twenty-one attested bequeathed bequest bill Byde Mill charged Charles chose in action circumstances claim codicil contrà contract conveyance copyholds court of equity covenant creditors daughters Dearle death debt decease declared decree deed Defendant devise directed dividends entitled executed executors executrix freehold fund Gillard give given Grant Guppy heirs Henry Charles Englefield hereditaments husband indenture interest James John Giddings lands lease leasehold legacies legatees Livesey LORD CHANCELLOR Lord Eldon Lord Galway LOVERIDGE marriage Martha Davies Mary Master ment moiety mortgage ne exeat notice opinion paid parties payment personal estate Plaintiff possession premises purchaser question real estate receive rents residue respect ROLLS settlement share solicitor Sugden suit survivor tenant testator's testatrix thereof Thomas Plumer trustees unto vendor vested Whyte widow wife William Zachariah Brown
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Page 84 - And, for the protection of persons acting in the execution of this act, be it enacted, that all actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this act shall be laid and tried in the county where the fact was committed, and shall be commenced within six calendar months after the fact committed...
Page 297 - ... by their or either of the.ir order, or for their or either of their use...
Page 406 - Charges and Directions for the Payment of any Debt or Debts), shall be thereby given or made, such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift, or Appointment shall, so far only as concerns such Person attesting 'the Execution of such Will...
Page 77 - ... for which such action or suit shall be so brought; and every such action shall be brought, laid, and tried where the cause of action shall have arisen, and not in any other county or place ; and the defendant in such action or suit may plead the general issue, and give this act and every special matter in evidence at any trial which shall be had thereupon...
Page 210 - The real selling value of the estate was, at the date of the will and at the time of the testator's death...
Page 333 - The intention of the testator, to be collected from the whole will, is to govern, provided it be not unlawful, or inconsistent with the rules of law.
Page 76 - That if any Action or Suit shall be commenced against any Person or Persons for...
Page 583 - In cases like the present, the act of giving the trustee notice is, in a certain degree, taking possession of the fund ; it is going as far towards equitable possession as it is possible to go ; for, after notice given, the trustee of the fund becomes a trustee for the assignee who has given him notice.
Page 620 - ... as she should by will appoint, and in default of appointment to her next -of -kin, exclusively of her husband ; and if she survived, then to her absolutely.
Page 76 - Suit may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon...