 Before we conclude, it may be proper to observe,that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately annihilated, or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged,...  The Southwestern Reporter - Side 1121917Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1888 - 956 sider
...plaintiff's deed vests the reversion in the defendant; and, the greater and less coinciding and uniting in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately annihilated, and the defendant acquires an estate in fee-simple. 2 Bl. Сошш. 177. Ruasell Bradford, for defendant.... | |
 | Joshua Williams - 1886 - 510 sider
...the law, does his estate last.(i) *It is rule of law that " whenever a greater estate and t-^nu-i i a less coincide and meet in one and the same person,...is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater."(£) From the operation of this rule,... | |
 | 1895 - 1172 sider
...the life estate is merged in the fee. "When a less estate and a greater, limited subsequent to it, coincide and meet in one and the same person, without...the less is Immediately annihilated, or, in the law phraseology, is said to be merged — that is, sunk or drowned — in the greater; or, to express the... | |
 | 1886 - 856 sider
...The principles established by these decisions are: 1. That "in law a merger always takes place when a greater estate and a less coincide, and meet in one and the same person, in one and the same right, without any intermediate estate:" Jones on Mori., sec. 848; 2. That while... | |
 | 1886 - 956 sider
...Branerd, 57 Vt. 864; Wells v. Tucker, Id. 223. The.general rule is that merger always takes place when a greater estate and a less coincide, and meet in one and the same person, in one and the same right, without any intermediate estate. The lesser estate is annihilated or merged... | |
 | 1888 - 972 sider
...confusion." "Merger is described as the annihilation of one estate in another. It takes place usually whon a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...and the same person without any intermediate estate, whereby the less is immediately merged — that is, sunk or drowned — in the greater." Garland v.... | |
 | 1918 - 1036 sider
...the status being said to follow, as a general principle of law, where a greater estate and a lesser coincide and meet In one and the same person, without any intermediate estate. The effect is the annihilation of the lesser estate — it being said to be 5 Words and Phrases, p. 4492,... | |
 | 1891 - 972 sider
...ourselves to the question of merger, which it attempts to present. "In law a merger always takes plnce when a greater estate and a less coincide, and meet in one and tho same person, in one and the same right, without any intermediate estate. The lesser estate is annihilated... | |
 | MARSHALL D. EWELL - 1888 - 368 sider
...whilst out of possession, the contingent remainder might still take effect. It is rule of law that "whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...is immediately annihilated; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater." From the operation of this rule, an... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1890 - 850 sider
...* Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that f whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...intermediate estate/ the less is immediately annihilated ;J or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater. §Thus, if... | |
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