Stevens, Exr. v. Stevens

The sole question presented is whether under the terms of the provisions of this will the doctrine of acceleration of remainders has any application.

This doctrine is defined in 28 Euling Case Law, 334, as follows: ‘ ‘ The doctrine is one of interpretation, and proceeds on the supposition that though the ulterior devise is in terms not to take effect in possession until the decease of the prior devisee, yet, in point of fact, it is to be read as a limitation of a remainder, to take effect in every event which removes the prior estate out of the way. * * * The rule now under consideration, like…