 Every devise of land, in any will hereafter made, shall be construed to convey all the estate of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear, by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate.  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Page 361by Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Maine - Law - 1841 - 922 pages
...convey all thoVestato of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. CHAPTER 93. OF TITLE BY DESCENT. SECT. I. How lauds of an intestate descend. '2. Degrees, how computed.... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Isaac Newton Blackford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 688 pages
...plaintiff. GS Orth, for the defendants. (1) The law here now is, that every devise of lands shall be construed to convey all the estate of the devisor...that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. RS 1843, p. 485. END OF MAY TERM, 1845. CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OP... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 808 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will that the devisor intended to convey a less estate." See Killefer v. Bassett, 146 Mich. 1. It is next asserted on behalf of the appellant that a fair construction... | |
 | Ohio - Law - 1852 - 362 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. SEC. 56. When a devise of real or personal estate is made ^£ e ° e * d " to any child or other relative... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 782 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein which he could lawfully devise, unless it clearly appears by the will that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. 2 Comp. L. § 4323. The language of the testator in the bequest to his wife is clear and unqualified... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Law - 1857 - 998 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. (2827.) SEC. 3. Any estate, right or interest in lands, Estate in Lands acquired by the testator after... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1860 - 1158 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein which he could lawfully devise, unless it clearly appears , by "^ SECT. 6. No wilhjj, except such as are mentioned in the three following sections, shall be effectual... | |
 | Nebraska - Session laws - 1861 - 278 pages
...convey all the estate of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. § 3. Any estate, right, or interest in lands acquired by the testator after the making of his will,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 646 pages
...devisor therein, which ha 9* Fay v. Fay and others. could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate." The exact language of the statute is not found in this clause of the will, this not being, in terms,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 722 pages
...general devise of land, all the testator's estate therein shall be held to pass, unless it shall clearly appear by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate. As this law has been in operation since May, 1836, and will apply to all wills made after its passage,... | |
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