 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - 1823 - 752 Seiten
...inontrovertibl* rule, that where an estat« is given toi person generally, or indefinitely , with i power of disposition, it carries a fee ; and the only exception to the rule is, where the test an- gives the first taker an estate for life only, by certain and express words, and annexes to... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1851 - 694 Seiten
...Chancellor KENT in delivering the opinion of the Court of Errors, takes occasion to remark that when an estate is given to a person generally or indefinitely,...carries a fee, and the only exception to the rule is when the testator gives the first taker an estate for life only by certain or express words and annexes... | |
 | James Kent - 1830 - 556 Seiten
...cases on the subject. In the latter work they are very clearly classified and arranged. I a fee, unless the testator gives to the first taker an estate for life only, and annexes to it a power of disposition of the reversion. In that case, the express limitation for... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1835 - 632 Seiten
...son Lawrence the ** die**iUl * fide, 4 Kcnts Com. 535, where it it laid down, that if an estate bo given to a person generally or indefinitely, with a power of disposition it carries a fee, nnleii the testator gives to the first taker an estate fur life only, and annexes to it a pov. er of... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1836 - 624 Seiten
...devisee. 6. JACKSON v. ROBBINS, 16 Johns. NY Rep. 5S8. It was laid down as an incontroreitalile rule, that where an estate is given to a person, generally or...exception to the rule is, whe.re the testator gives to the taker an estate for life ' only, by certain and express words, and annexes to it a power of disposal.... | |
 | N. Saxton, New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1836 - 766 Seiten
...Kent, in the court of errors of New- York, says, we may lay it down as aw incontrovertible rule, that where an estate is given to a person generally or indefinitely, with a power of dtsposition, it carries a fee ; and cites the additional authorities of Reid v. Shergold, I'd F«.... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1880 - 850 Seiten
...absolutely necessary to uphold some manifest general intent." 4 Kent's Com., 319. " So, if an estate be given to a person generally, or indefinitely, with a power of disposition, it carries a fee ; unless the testator gives to the first taker an estate for life only, and annexes to it a power of... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 798 Seiten
...express either the quantity of interest, or describe the subject of property, as the sense in which generally, *or indefinitely, with a power of disposition, it carries a fee ; unless the testator gives to the first taker an estate for life only, and annexes to it a power of... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1851 - 696 Seiten
...takes occasion to remark that when an estate is given to a person generally or indefinitely, with & power of disposition, it carries a fee, and the only exception to the rule is when the testator gives the first taker an estate for life only by certain or express words and annexes... | |
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The only exception to the rule is where the testator gives to the first taker an estate for life only, by certain and express words, and annexes to It a power of disposal. In that particular and special case the devisee for life will not take an estate... 
