Opinion of the Justices

To the Honorable Senate:

The undersigned justices of the supreme court return the following answer to the question contained in your resolution of May 22, 1975, and filed in this court on May 23, 1975.

Your question relates to House bill 672 which would amend RSA 551:8 by adding the words “or conveyance” after the word “devise” where it appears in the statute so that the statute will read as follows: “No express devise or conveyance of an estate *236for life or other limited estate shall be enlarged or construed to pass any greater estate, by reason of any devise or conveyance to the heirs or issue…