Troth v. Robertson

Citations

• 78 Va. 46
• 1883 Va. LEXIS 8

Syllabus

<p>1. Construction op Statutes.&emdash;Code 1873, ch. 112, l 20, should be construed as remedial and liberally, and therein the word “estate” is held to be used in its most extensive sense, and as meaning the property, or thing, given by the deed or will, and not merely the interest therein; so as to promote the policy of the legislature, which was to remove those fetters upon alienation which contingent limitations more or less tend to fasten.</p> <p>2. Idem-Jurisdiction to sell contingent estates.-Under that statute the circuit courts have jurisdiction to sell and make good title to real estate devised to one for life, remainder to his children or descendants, if any, at his death, and if none, then remainder to the children or descendants of another, if any such be living at former’s death.</p>