New Reports of Cases Heard in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, and Decided During the Session 1827-8 [-1837] Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1831 Excerpt: ... Court of Session was of opinion, that there was no ground for the bill of exceptions, and confirmed the direction of the learned judge; under such circumstances, this appeal ought to be dismissed with costs. Judgment affirmed. 1828. HARYIB V. ROGERS. INDEX. Accountant General. See Jurisdiction. ADVOWSON. See Simony. AGREEMENT. See Specific Performance. ASSETS: J. S., by a will properly executed, gave a sum of 4,000/. to be laid out in government or real securities, in trust for L., the wife of S., for her separate use for her life; remainder to J. for his life; remainder to the children of L. by S. He then devised certain lands and tenements specified to various per-sons named in the will, and after bequeathing several pecuniary legacies, he concluded thus: --" And I do hereby expressly charge and make liable my real and personal estate to, and with the payments of, the aforesaid legacies." Held, reversing the decree of the Court below, that the lands specifically de-vised were not liable to the payment of the legacies on a deficiency of the personal estate. Spong v. Spong-p. 84 CHARGE. See Assets. CLERK OF THE PEACE. See Custos Rotulorum. CONSTRUCTION. See Assets. Devise. Simony. CONTINGENCY. See Devise. CUSTOS ROTULORUM. Upon a special verdict, the jury found that by an Act of Par-liament in Ireland of the third and fourth of Philip and Mary, it was enacted that the King and Queen and her successors should be entitled to the Counties of Leix, Slievemarge, Irry, Glinmalire, andOffaly, and that for making them shire grounds, a certain portion of the said counties should henceforth be a shire or a county, by the name of the King's County, &c.: and that from the year 1556, (the date of the act, ) the Kings and Queens of Ireland have nominated and appointed, and...