Brockson v. Brockson

The Chancellor.

The first question to be determined is, what was the nature of the estate given to the complainant by his grandfather upon his reaching the age of thirty years? That it was an estate in fee tail seems to admit of no doubt. The language is *17“to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten free and discharged of all trusts.” These are technical words which, standing alone and uncolored by the context, the law always understands as words of limitation defining the quantity of the estate. There is nothing in the will which can give to them any meaning other than what their legal…