 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1830 - 584 pages
...intention. If the language of the particular clause, or of the whole will, shows that the act upon which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, the condition of course is precedent ; and unless it is performed, the devisee can take nothing. If, on the contrary,... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - Law - 1846 - 890 pages
...determine whether a devise be on a condition precedent or subsequent ; if the language of the will shows that the act on which the estate depends must be performed before it can vest, the condition is precedent. If, on the contrary, the act does not precede the vesting... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 736 pages
...intention. If the language of the particular clause, or of the whole will, shows that the act upon which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, the condition is precedent ; and unless it is performed the devisee can take nothing. If, on the contrary, the act does... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1858 - 718 pages
...always one of intention, and that if the language of the particular clause or of the whole will shows, that the act on. which the estate depends, must be...course precedent ; and unless it be performed, the legatee can take nothing. If on the contrary, the act does not necessarily precede the vesting of the... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 836 pages
...intention. If the language of the particular clause, or of the whole will, shows that the act upon which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, the condition of course is precedent, and unless it is performed the devisee can take nothing. If, on the contrary,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 680 pages
...that intention. 2. SAME — when conditions are precedent. If the language of the whole will shows that the act on which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, or if the grant is without other consideration than the performance of the specified conditions, the... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 1096 pages
...Opinion of Court. lf the language of the particular clause or of the whole will shows that the act upon which the estate depends must be performed before...unless it be performed the devisee can take nothing. lf, on the contrary, the act does'not necessarily precede the vesting of the estate, hut may accompany... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1230 pages
...Am. St. Rep. 825), as follows: "If the language of the particular clause, or of the whole will, shows that the act on which the estate depends must be performed before rhe estate can vest, the condition is precedent, and. unless it be performed, the devisee can take... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 964 pages
...devise to be on a condition either precedent or subsequent. If the language employed in the will shows that the act on which the estate depends must be performed before the eslate can vest, the condition is precedent. 3. SAME— CONDITIONS IN TKRROHEM. The doctrine of conditions... | |
 | Charles Fisk Beach (Jr.) - Wills - 1888 - 650 pages
...estate may be divested.2 If the language of the particular clause, or of the whole will, shows t hat the act on which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, the condition is precedent, and unless it can be performed, the devisee can take nothing. If, on the contrary, it may... | |
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If the language of the particular clause or of the whole will shows that the act on which the estate depends must be performed before the estate can vest, the condition is, uf course, precedent; and unless it be performed the devisee can take nothing. 
