Devolution Clause.- Held, where a party takes an entailed estate, on condition of devolving one he already possesses, on the next heir of entail, that he is bound to do so to the heir pointed out by the entail, although the party who succeeds to both may have younger sons nearer the line of succession, whose possesion would carry out the intention of the maker, of having the two estates separately and distinctly possessed.
[1773] UKHL 2 – Paton – 309
Bailii
Scotland
Updated: 13 January 2022; Ref: scu.561820