Taylor v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity, to compel the respondent to release or con-» vey to the complainant certain real estate held by the respondent in trust, under the will of John Taylor, late of Providence, deceased, the father of both complainant and respondent, who are half brothers.
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Bill in equity, to compel the respondent to release or con-» vey to the complainant certain real estate held by the respondent in trust, under the will of John Taylor, late of Providence, deceased, the father of both complainant and respondent, who are half brothers. The cause was heard upon the bill and answer, and from these it appeared, that the said John Taylor made his last will and testament June 2éth, 1859, and died on the 80th of June, 1869. By the first clause of his will, he devised all his real estate to his wife, Mrs. Ruth Ann Taylor, for life. She survived him, but died on the…
1Opinion of the CourtDukfee, J.
We .think it was the intention of the late John Taylor, deducible from the clause of his will, to which our attention has been called, that the legal estate of the one-fifth part of the real estate, which was devised to this defendant, in trust for the plaintiff and his heirs, should vest in the defendant,. without being executed by. the Statute of Uses. He devises his real estate, after tbe decease of bis wife, in equal'parts to bis five children. The devises in favor of the two-children first mentioned, and to the'son last' named in the clause,- are made directly to them and their heirs;…
2Cited by1 opinion
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