Campbell v. Heirs at Law of Wiggins

Curia, per Dunkin, Ch.

The decree of the Circuit Court, recognizes the principle, well established by authority, that when the persons intended to take under a grant or devise, are described as a class, without designating the proportions in which they are to take, all are equally entitled, who can bring themselves within the description. — See Davenport v. Hanbury, 3 Ves. 257; 13 Ves. 340; Ambler, 397; Butler v. Stratton, 3 Bro. Ch. Ca., M’Neilledge v. Galbraith, 8 Serg. & Rawle, 43. Upon this acknowl*11edged principle, the children and grand children of Wiggins and of Taylor, were declared to…