 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...shall inherit ; but the females all together 214 The lineal descendants, in infinilum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...person himself would have done had he been living 216 On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the inheritance shall descend... | |
 | Anson Bingham - Decedents' estates - 1875 - 570 pages
...fourth rule, or canon of descent, is this: that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...person himself would have done had he been living." 2 Bl. Com. 216. For example, A. has three children ; one of them dies, leaving two children ; and then... | |
 | Lord Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie - Comparative law - 1876 - 512 pages
...several, take together. The lineal descendants of any person deceased represent their ancestors ; that is, stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. So, by right of representation, the child or grandchild, whether male or female, of an eldest son,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...may confer it on which of them he pleases. V. " The lineal descendants, in inflnitum, of any person deceased " shall represent their ancestor : that is,...succeeds before the younger son, and so in infinitum. And these representatives shall take neither more nor less, but just so much as their principals would... | |
 | John Barbee Minor - Common law - 1877 - 1150 pages
...together. (Wins. Real Prop. 116.) 4g. Fourth Rule. All the lineal descendants in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living. (Wms. Real Prop. 117.) 5g. Fifth Rule. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue of the purchaser,... | |
 | Joshua Williams - Estates (Law) - 1878 - 252 pages
...one, and requires a 4th rule, little explanation. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...person himself would have done had he been living. If, therefore, a freeholder dies intestate, having had an eldest son who died in his lifetime, leaving... | |
 | Joshua Williams - Real property - 1878 - 250 pages
...inherit, but the females altogether. 4. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceasadLshall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in...person himself would have done had he been living. 5. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue of such person, the inheritance shall descend to his... | |
 | Charles Sweet - Law - 1882 - 946 pages
...shall inherit all together. (4) The lineal descendants of any person deceased shall represent him ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. Therefore, if the purchaser leaves a daughter, and a grandson by a deceased son, the grandson takes... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1883 - 908 pages
...inherit, but the females all together. (4) That all the lineal descendants, in infinitem, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is,...person himself would have done had he been living. (5) That on failure of lineal descendants, or issue of the purchaser, the inheritance shall descend... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1883 - 926 pages
...inherit ; but the females all together. (4) That the lineal descendants in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...stand in the same place as the person himself would hare done had he been living. (5) That on failure of lineal de.-eeml or issue of the person la>t seised,... | |
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The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. 
