Edwards v Allen

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1672
Date01 January 1672
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 21 E.R. 793

COURT OF CHANCERY

Edwards
and
Allen

edwards versus allen. 24 Car. 2 [1672-73]. A Devise in Remainder to such of the Children of A. B. C. D. as are or shall be living at the Death of the Testator ; this is but an Estate for Life in the Children, and adjudged by the Lord Chancellor Finch, that in this Case the Word. Children extends to Grand-Children. There was a Case cited 4 Car. 1 [1628-29] between Taylor and Hodges, where a Devise to four Sons was adjudged, that the three youngest had but an Estate for Life, and that the Inheritance was in the eldest, being Heir at Law.

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