The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, 8. köideJ. Richards, 1834 |
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... executors of her will . One Mrs. Logan died in 1831 , and her will was proved by John Daniel Birkett alone . quarterly payment only of the annuity of 4007 . had been paid by the executor to the plaintiff since the decease of Mrs. Logan ...
... executors of her will . One Mrs. Logan died in 1831 , and her will was proved by John Daniel Birkett alone . quarterly payment only of the annuity of 4007 . had been paid by the executor to the plaintiff since the decease of Mrs. Logan ...
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... EXECUTORS . 66 A testatrix gives legacies to three persons by name . She , in a subsequent part of her will , gives the residue to her executors thereafter named , ” to enable them to pay debts and legacies , and to compensate them for ...
... EXECUTORS . 66 A testatrix gives legacies to three persons by name . She , in a subsequent part of her will , gives the residue to her executors thereafter named , ” to enable them to pay debts and legacies , and to compensate them for ...
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... executors , and not as indi- viduals . One of the three pre - deceased the testatrix , and the question was , whether his share of the residue survived to the other two ; or in other words , whether the whole residue went to the two who ...
... executors , and not as indi- viduals . One of the three pre - deceased the testatrix , and the question was , whether his share of the residue survived to the other two ; or in other words , whether the whole residue went to the two who ...
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... executors . The far exceeded the costs of realizing a bankrupt's testatrix expressly gave the residue to them as estate of like amount , and in like circum- executors ; but it did not follow , that a gift to stances , under that system ...
... executors . The far exceeded the costs of realizing a bankrupt's testatrix expressly gave the residue to them as estate of like amount , and in like circum- executors ; but it did not follow , that a gift to stances , under that system ...
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... executor now refuses to divide the share of C. D. with the other grand - children , al- though they have offered to indemnify him for so doing ; he alledging it is possible he may not be dead . Can any , and what procedings , be taken ...
... executor now refuses to divide the share of C. D. with the other grand - children , al- though they have offered to indemnify him for so doing ; he alledging it is possible he may not be dead . Can any , and what procedings , be taken ...
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Page 250 - shall be valid unless it shall be executed in manner hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of
Page 497 - or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or by some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorised.
Page 103 - corporate, or collegiate, as well as an individual ; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as to one person or thing, and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.
Page 262 - person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless
Page 261 - That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than by another will or codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning,
Page 250 - and If the same shall come to the executor or administrator, either by reason of a special occupancy or by virtue of this act, it shall be assets in his hands, and shall go and be applied and distributed in the same manner as the personal estate of the testator or intestate.—
Page 369 - London or any other place, by virtue of any custom there used of the goods and chattels of the bankrupt, shall receive upon such security or attachment more than a rateable part of such debt, except in respect of any execution or extent served and levied by seizure upon, or any mortgage of
Page 228 - in his presence and by his direction ; and the signature be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more credible witnesses present at one time, who subscribe their names to the
Page 250 - An act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to the pay of the royal navy," respecting the wills of petty officers and seamen in the royal navy, and non-commissioned officers of marines and marines, so far as relates to their wages, pay, prize-money, bounty-money, and allowances or other monies payable in respect of services in
Page 251 - or debts) shall be thereby given or made, such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment, shall, so far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or any person claiming under him, be utterly null and void, and such person shall be admitted as a witness to the execution of such will