Wilson v. Pichon

On this appeal the only question is whether a remainder is vested or contingent. The chancellor held it to have vested on the death of the testator.

It has been often declared by this court that the early vesting of estates is favored, and that “in doubtful cases the interest should be held to be vested rather than contingent, unless the instrument under consideration does not admit of such construction.” Miller, Construction of Wills, 630. As stated in Tayloe v. Mosher, 29 Md. 443, 457: “Estates will be held to be vested wherever it can be done without doing violence to the language of the…