 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 652 pages
...88. Ow. 8. 55. R. Cro. El. 919. 833. R. 2 Cro. 592. R. 1 Vent. 203. 1 Mod. 86. [So if testator devise his estate to his wife for life, and after her death to such child as she was then supposed to be enseint with, and to the heirs of such child for ever, provided... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1827 - 644 pages
...In the Case I have mentioned the testator directed his executor to pay over the rents and profits of his estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his children. Part of the estate consisted of leasehold houses ; one of which the executor had let to a... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1827 - 688 pages
...of the disposition is another strong argument. After the payment of his debts he had given the real estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his heirs by her. His own children, therefore, were in his contemplation; and it was not probable that... | |
 | Henry Stalman - Copyhold - 1827 - 454 pages
...the former estate to trustees for the use of his son, and by a separate clause bequeathed the latter estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his daughter: — in a process of multiple-poinding brought by the tenants, the relict claimed her estate... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 530 pages
...v. Fulton, Sim. 104. & (Construction — Survivorship — Issue.) Testator bequeathed his residuary estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his son and daughter, and their respective issue, with benefit of survivorship unto and between his said children,... | |
 | William Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 678 pages
...raise a sum so as to effect the object of the testator. Schermerhornc v. Schermerhome, 6 JCR 70. 496. As, where JS devised all his estate to his wife, for...executors were authorized to take possession of the laud, and to lease it, or by any ether means, out of the profils therefrom arising, to support N. during... | |
 | Francis Towers Streeten, Ewen Henry Cameron - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 716 pages
...legatee. Pee I v. Cat loir, 7 Law J. Rep. (NS) Ch. 273; 9 Sim. 372. A testator bequeathed his residuary estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his son and daughter, share and share alike, and their respective issues, with benefit of survivorship between... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - Equity - 1846 - 750 pages
...in distinct portions of his real estate ; and after some other devises, he gave all the residue of his estate to his wife for life, and after her death, to be equally divided between all his grandchildren. His children, therefore, would receive no part of... | |
 | John Peter De Gex, John Jackson Smale - Equity - 1852 - 854 pages
...Kamjituticon Company, 146 Devisee. 8. A shareholder in a Joint-stock Company bequeathed his personal estate to his wife for life, and, after her death, to his daughter absolutely, (subject to certain payments;) and he appointed his wife and daughter his executrixes,... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1875 - 968 pages
...Consideration. William Wood, by his will, dated the 14th of January, 1844, gave hie real and personal estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his seven children, whom he named, as tenants in common, one of whom, Samuel Wood, was last heard of seventeen... | |
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So it was early held that where a testator devised all his real and personal estate to his wife for life, and after her death to his son and... 
