 | Archibald Brown - Law - 1880 - 648 pages
...and has by her issue born alive, which was capable ol inheriting her cstute ; in this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the curtety of Enyitnd (Litt. 35, 52; 2 Ы. 12ü). In copyhold lands, the husband's right depends on the... | |
 | William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith - Law - 1880 - 650 pages
...and has by her issue, bornjUive, which was cajmbje_j)f_inheritin^ her estate. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. ' The right of the husband, has, in consequence of the repeated action of the Legislature... | |
 | Nebraska, Guy Ashton Brown - Law - 1881 - 842 pages
...and his wife shall be seized in her right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by curtesy ; Provided, That if the wife, at her death, shall have issue by any former husband,... | |
 | Charles Theodore Boone - Real property - 1883 - 566 pages
...and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the courtesy of England." * The interest of a tenant by the courtesy is a legal estate in the land for... | |
 | John James Reese - Evidence (Law) - 1884 - 690 pages
...the marriage, living, during the wife's life. " In this case " (in the old law language) " he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the courtesy of England." If there should be no living issue, the property would pass to the heir-at-law.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1156 pages
...and his wife shall be seised in her right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy, although such husband and wife may not have liad issue born alive." Hill's... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 688 pages
...inheritance in lands, and shall have issue, born alive, which might inherit the same, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy." The deed of John B. Voors certainly vested in Mrs. Ann H. Greve an estate... | |
 | Nebraska, Guy Ashton Brown - Law - 1885 - 944 pages
...and his wife shall be seized in her right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by curtesy ; Provided, That if the wife, at her death, shall have issue by any former husband,... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate ; in this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. 11. What four requisites are necessary to make a tenancy by tht curtesy of England?—... | |
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Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or feetail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he... 
