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the courts of their jurisdiction,— Con-
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A sale for the payment of the debts and
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tee v. Dawson,
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legacies of the" first testator; and the
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The jurisdiction of the Chancelor as to
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debts of the last deceased debtor. — An-
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infante and lunatics. — Corrie's case,
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derson v. Anderson, 387.
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A legacy given to a woman for life, re-
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The state is bound to take care of its own
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mainder to her children, should not be
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citizens, particularly infants, lunatics,
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paid to her husband. — Jones v. Stock-
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and paupers, 492.
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ett, 412.
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It is not within the scope of judicial
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A legacy of a particular sum, to be put
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power to alter or impair the obligation
of contracts. — Watkins B, Worthington,
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out on interest for the benefit of one for
life-remainder over, the legatee for life
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535.
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to be heard as to the investment; the
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Courts of equity, having concurrent ju-
risdiction, should not be brought in col-
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court taking care of the interest of those
in remainder, 423.
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lision; how such collisions may be
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Any loss of interest arising from a delay
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avoided. — Brown v. Wallace, 601.
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in making an investment of such a le-
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One court cannot take money from the
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gacy, the trustee being blameless, to be
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agent or officer of another, 605.
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borne by the legatee for life, 415, 424.
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LAND.
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Such a legacy cannot be put out on per-
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All common warrants must be lodged with
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sonal security, but only on such as is
durably good, 412,
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the principal surveyor, and entered in
the manner prescribed, otherwise sur-
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A pecuniary legacy in general carries
interest only from one year after the
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veys made under them will be deemed
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death, 416.
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void as against others regularly made. —
The Rail Road v. Hoye, 259.
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The cases in which a legacy will lapse. —
Helms v. Franciscus, 560.
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When there is a material difference be-
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That which is not well and effectually
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tween the location in the surveyor's
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disposed of, goes to the residuary le-
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book and the actual survey, the latter
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gatee, 560.
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is taken as a virtual abandonment of
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A legacy to a creditor may in some cases
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the former, 263*
In caveat cases, where there is a reason-
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be presumed to have been given merely
in satisfaction of the debt. — Addisons.
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able doubt, patents are allowed so as
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Bowie, 625.
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thereby, in effect, to give the benefit of
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an appeal, 263.
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LIEN.
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Land is governed by the law of the coun-
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The holder of a vendor's lien, merely as
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try in which it is situated. — Corrie 's
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such, cannot sustain a creditor's suit. —
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case, 489.
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Ellicott v. Welch, 245.
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This court will not decide on the true
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The surety of the vendor who pays the
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location of land, without referring it to
a jury. — Norwood v. Norwood, 476.
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purchase money, may have the benefit
of the vendor's lien. — Meluy v. Cooper,
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LEGACY.
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199.
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There may be cases where the bringing
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LUNATIC.
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of a suit by a legatee is prohibited with
a bequest over, that the bringing of a
suit will be a forfeiture. — Contee v.
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The mode of obtaining a writ de lunatico in-
quirendo. — Boarman's case, 89; Camp-
bell's case, 217.
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Dawson, 278, 280.
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A committee appointed without account,
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Those who have only a possible or ex-
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upon condition, &c. — Boarman's case,
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pectant interest in a legacy, can give a
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89.
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trustee no direction as to its disposi-
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Where two or more are appointed com-
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tion, 290.
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mittees, on the death of one the trust
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A contingent legacy ordered to be brought
in and invested, to await the contin-
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ceases, 89.
A person not a resident of the state,
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gency, 293.
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should not be appointed, 89.
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Where a sum is directed to be invested,
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Perishable articles, or a runaway slave,
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and the proceeds of the investment is
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belonging to the lunatic, may be sold,
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given to one for life with remainder
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89.
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over, the interest which accrued before
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On the death of the lunatic the court can
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the investment treated as a part of the
principal, 297.
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only deliver itself of its charge, without
deciding on the claims of creditors or
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In general a pecuniary lunacy bears inte-
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next of kin 89.
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rest from the end of each year from the
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The committee may be called to account
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death. — Hammond v. Hammond, 315.
Where one legacy is substituted for an-
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on the petition of any one as the friend
of the lunatic, 92, 94.
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other, the substituted legacy has the
Incidents of the original, 315.
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The writ de lunatico inquirendo should
be directed to the county where the in-
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