Boykin v. Ancrum
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was tin action by Elizabeth' B. Boykin and others against W. A. Ancrum, as trustee, and others, commenced after the death of Mrs. Glass (in 1885), and prior to August 23, 1886,” the date of the first reference in the case. The Circuit decree was as follows: The rule in Shelley’s case is invoked by the defendants: on which rule Sir Wm.
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This was tin action by Elizabeth' B. Boykin and others against W. A. Ancrum, as trustee, and others, commenced after the death of Mrs. Glass (in 1885), and prior to August 23, 1886,” the date of the first reference in the case. The Circuit decree was as follows: The rule in Shelley’s case is invoked by the defendants: on which rule Sir Wm. Blackstone remarked in Perin v. Blake (1 W. Bl., 672), “The true question of intent will turn, not upon-’ the quantity of estate intended to be- given to the ancestor, but upon the nature of the estate intended to be given to the heirs of the body. That the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
In the year 1831, William Ancrum died leaving a will, by the fifth clause of which he devised as follows: “And as to my real estate I give and bequeath and. devise unto my clearly beloved wife, Julia, my dwelling house, situate in the town of Camden, with the appurtenant lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging, * * * for and during the term of her natural life. From and after the decease of my said dearly beloved wife, I give and bequeath -and devise my said' *492dwelling house * * * to my eldest son, Fowler Brisbane Ancrum, for and…
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