 | United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 680 sider
...permit the &OTHERS. same person to hold under and against a will. If there* fore it be manifest, from the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the provision it contains for his widow to be in addition to her dower, but to be in Hen of it; if . his... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, George Price - 1821 - 772 sider
...must go to the heir at law, as being an undevised part of the real estate. It was also much urged, that it appeared on the face of the will that the testator meant not only a benefit to his widow by increasing his personal residue out of the Rowney estate,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1827 - 858 sider
...of the Court upon the face of the will, is one of those cases, in which there can be no doubt upon the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the Defendant to take the residue. The frame of the will is very bountiful to her in one respect. She was... | |
 | 1830 - 1076 sider
...for the plaintiff: Mr. Girdlestone, contra. In support of the claim of Elizabeth it was contended, that it appeared, on the face of the will, that the testator considered her as his grand-daughter, and that, if she did not take, there was no other person to answer... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1841 - 922 sider
...expressions, or by a general intention apparent upon the whole will ; and that, if it be plainly manifest upon the face of the will that the testator did not intend the general devise to operate upon the reversion, it will not pass by it. The heir is the favourite of... | |
 | Roper Stote Donnison Roper, Henry Hopley White - 1847 - 1000 sider
...satisfaction of the bond. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, VC, decided in the negative, expressing his opinion that it appeared on the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the legacy should be a satisfaction of the bond ; as the settlement was clearly in his recollection when he made... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 754 sider
...equity not to permit the same person to hold under and against a will. If therefore it be manifest, from the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the provision it contains for his widow to be in addition to her dower, but to be in lieu of it ; if his... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1868 - 730 sider
...court of equity not to permit the same person to hold under and against a will. If it be manifest, from the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the provision it contains for his widow to be in addition to her dower, but to be in lieu of it, if his... | |
 | New York (State) - 1863 - 1026 sider
...discharged or belongs to the executors, and is not to be distributed among the next of kiu, unless it appear on the face of the will that the testator did not intend to discharge the debt, 2 Oowen's Eep. 809. Few persons are aware of this rule; and as well to avoid... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1878 - 790 sider
...not to permit the same person to hold under and against a will. If, therefore, it be manifest from the face of the will that the testator did not intend the provision it contains for his widow to be in addition to her dower, but to be in lieu of it, — if... | |
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It is a maxim in a court of equity not to permit the same person to hold under and against a will. If, therefore, it be manifest from the face of the will, that the testator did not intend the provision it contains for his widow to be in addition to her... 
