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Boyse v Rossborough; 7 Nov 1854

References: [1854] EngR 853, (1854) 1 K & J 124, (1854) 69 ER 396
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A decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, after verdict upon an issue devisavit vel non, does not determine the validity or invalidity of the will, so far as it relates to lands in England, and cannot be pleaded in bar to a suit in this Court.
The right of the heir and that of a devisee to this issue, distinguished ; the former is absolute, the latter is in the discretion of the Court.
Issue devisavit vel non granted to a devisee after a decree in Ireland against the will and an order refusing a new trial ; and although subsequently an attesting witness, who had been examined in Ireland, and whose cross-examination was deposed to have been very effective in support of the heirs’ case, had died ; the devisee having appealed to the House of Lords, and not appearing to be chargeable with delay, either in the appeal or in this suit.
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