A TREATISE ON WILLS. BY THOMAS JARMAN, ESQ. OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. Fourth American Edition, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS TO THE TEXT AND NOTES, AND REFERENCES TO BY J. C. PERKINS, ESQ. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. M DCCC LIX. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: TABLE OF CONTENTS. DEVISES AND BEQUESTS TO CHILDren. SECT. 1. Whether they extend to Grandchildren 2. What Class of Objects, as to Period of Birth, they com- prehend; where, 1st, The Gift is immediate, i. e., in Possession; 2dly, There is an anterior Gift; 3dly, Possession is postponed till a given Age; 4thly, Effect where no Object exists at the Time of its falling into 3. Whether Children take per stirpes or per capita. |