Newton v. Griffith

Buchanan, Ch. J.

at this term, delivered the opinion of the court The controversy in this case, turns upon the construction of the will of Joseph Griffith, the elder, dated the 6th of February 1792, and of the act of 1786, ch 45, s. 1, the act to direct descents.

The language of the will, (scr far as concerns this case,) is, “I give and devise unto my son Joseph Griffith, my present dwelling plantation whereon I now live, to him, my said son Joseph, his heirs and assigns forever. Item. I give and de*113vise unto my son George Griffith, the plantation whereon Levi Oram nbw lives, lying on…