 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - 1884 - 600 стор.
...statutes. The substance of the rule in Shelley's Case (1 Co. 104 a) is, that " when the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, takes an estate of freehold,...the same gift or conveyance, an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs, in fee or in tail, the heirs are words of limitation... | |
 | John Indermaur - 1873 - 104 стор.
...and some other objects. SHELLEY'S CASE. (Lead. Cat. Conv. 507.) Decided:—That where the ancestor takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs or the heirs of his body, the word " heirs " is a word... | |
 | Henry Foulks Lynch - 1874 - 460 стор.
...remainder no tenure exists. State the rule in Shelley's Case, and where is it found? Wherever a man by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold,...in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, the word " heirs" is a word of limitation,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 480 стор.
...counsel for the nephew, and succeeded in establishing the celebrated rule, that " Where the ancestor takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs either in fee or in tail,' heirs' is a word of limitation,... | |
 | Anson Bingham - 1875 - 570 стор.
...CASE ; ITS EFFECT. The rule in Shelley's case, 1 Coke R 219, 227, is thus stated : " When the ancestor takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs, either in fee or in tail, the heirs are words of limitation... | |
 | 1875 - 462 стор.
...Shelley's case ") is expressed in these words : "When the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, taketh an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail, ' the heirs ' are words of limitation... | |
 | John Indermaur - 1877 - 188 стор.
...Parks Act. SHELLEY'S CASE. (Ltwl. Gas. Ganv. 507.) (1 Ga. 93 6.) Decided:—That where the ancestor takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs or the heirs of his body, the word " heirs " is a word... | |
 | Edward Henslowe Bedford - 1879 - 308 стор.
...particular estate. What do you know of the rule in Shelley's case ? Give an example. 'Where the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold,...in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited cither mediatety or immediatety to his heirs in fee or in tail, the word heirs are words of limitation... | |
 | Gordon Campbell - 1879 - 152 стор.
...simple by purchase. The term is merged in the fee simple.] Bnle in Shelley's Case. When the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold,...in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, the words ' the heirs ' are words of limitation... | |
 | William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith - 1880 - 650 стор.
...well-known rule in Shelley's case (a), which rule is thus expressed, viz., that where the ancestor by any gift, or conveyance takes an estate of freehold,...in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, in such cases the " heirs " are words... | |
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It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs'... 
