A. makes a lease to B. (his wife’s nephew) for 21 years, for payment of his debts and legacies, and at the same time by will, taking notice of the said lease, devises the lands, after the expiration of the said lease, to C. his nephew and heir, and makes R executor. A, lives twelve years, and pays all his debts himself ; and the personal estate was sufficient for the legacies. C. brings his bill to have the lease delivered up, the trusts being performed, but dismissed, the reversion only after the expiration of the term being devised to him.
Citations:
[1703] EngR 9, (1703) Prec Ch 218, (1703) 24 ER 107 (A)
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Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.392162