Commentaries on American Law, Volume 4O. Halsted, 1830 - 1826-1830 |
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... equity , and the same legal construction applied by them to a conveyance to uses . If a man purchases lands to himself for ever , or to him and his assigns for ever , he takes but an estate for life . Though the intent of the parties be ...
... equity , and the same legal construction applied by them to a conveyance to uses . If a man purchases lands to himself for ever , or to him and his assigns for ever , he takes but an estate for life . Though the intent of the parties be ...
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... equity will supply the omission of words of inheritance ; and in contracts to convey , it will sus- tain the right of the party to call for a conveyance in fee , when it appears to have been the intention of the con tract to convey a ...
... equity will supply the omission of words of inheritance ; and in contracts to convey , it will sus- tain the right of the party to call for a conveyance in fee , when it appears to have been the intention of the con tract to convey a ...
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... equity , that he may be a tenant by the curtesy of an equity of redemption , and of lands of which the wife had only a seisin in equity as a cestui que trust . So , if money be agreed to be laid out in the purchase of land , the money ...
... equity , that he may be a tenant by the curtesy of an equity of redemption , and of lands of which the wife had only a seisin in equity as a cestui que trust . So , if money be agreed to be laid out in the purchase of land , the money ...
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... equity , during the coverture . In Roberts v . Dix- well , Lord Hardwicke held , that the husband might have his curtesy in an estate devised to the wife for her separate use ; but afterwards he declared , that a seisin in law , or in ...
... equity , during the coverture . In Roberts v . Dix- well , Lord Hardwicke held , that the husband might have his curtesy in an estate devised to the wife for her separate use ; but afterwards he declared , that a seisin in law , or in ...
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... equity of redemption , so long as the same remains in force . Curtesy applies to qualified as well as to absolute estates in fee , but the distinctions on this point are quite abstruse and subtle . It was declared in Paine's case , to ...
... equity of redemption , so long as the same remains in force . Curtesy applies to qualified as well as to absolute estates in fee , but the distinctions on this point are quite abstruse and subtle . It was declared in Paine's case , to ...
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Page 206 - It is a rule in law when the ancestor by any gift cr conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 288 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 303 - ... equity, shall be deemed to have a legal estate therein, of the same quality and duration, and subject to the same conditions, as his beneficial interest...
Page 303 - Where a grant for a valuable consideration shall be made' to one person, and the consideration therefor shall be paid by another, no use or trust shall result in favor of the person by whom such payment shall be made; but the title shall vest in the person named as the alienee in such conveyance, subject only to the provisions of the next section.
Page 203 - Every disposition of real property, whether by deed or by devise, shall be made directly to the person in whom the right to the possession and profits is intended to be vested, and not to...
Page 504 - Frauds it is enacted, that no devise in writing of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Page 225 - ... the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, shall be the heirs, or heirs of the body of such tenant for life, shall be entitled to take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them.
Page 243 - ... a contingent remainder in fee may be created on a prior remainder in fee, to take effect in the event that the persons to whom the first remainder is. limited, die under the age of twenty-one years, or on any other contingency by which the estate of such persons may be determined before they attain full age.
Page 295 - Atk., 591, says, that by this means, a statute made upon great consideration, introduced in a solemn and pompous manner, has had no other effect than to add, at most, three words to a conveyance.
Page 207 - When a person takes an estate of freehold, legally or equitably, under a deed, will, or other writing, and in the same instrument there is a limitation by way of remainder, either with or without the interposition of another estate, of an interest of the same legal or equitable quality, to his heirs, or heirs of his body, as a class of persons to take in succession from generation to generation, the limitation to the heirs entitles the ancestor to the whole estate.