Shepard v. Taylor

The opinion given in this case at the October Term, A.D. 1885, 15 R.I. 204, 205 sq., rested upon three points:

First, that Alexander Taylor, Jun., inherited an equitable estate from his father in the land referred to in the bill.

Second, that the conveyance of the legal estate to him was not a gift or devise from the testator, his grandfather, nor a gift from the trustee, his uncle. Third, that the legal title was the controlling title in determining the descent, where the equitable estate had merged in the legal.

The first point is not disputed. As to the second, we must reiterate that…