...applied to males and females indiscriminately. IV. " A fourth rule, or canon of descents, is this : thai the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person...person himself would have done had he been living." " Thus, the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild, either male or female, of the eldest son, succeeds...

...ch. 36, rule 3 : " The lineal descendants of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, and stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living." In 4 Kent, 379, it is said, the law of Justinian adhered strictly to the doctrine of representation,...

...applied to males and females indiscriminately. IV. " A fourth rule, or canon of descents, is this : that the lineal descendants, in infinitum., of any person deceased shall represent ilieir ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had...

...provides that all the lineal descendants B — r— '' — - of any person deceased shall represent tteir x`u bod he been living. If ttere should be no lineal descendant of B., then the kir of A. must be sought...

...infntium> °f апУ person deceased, *shall represent their ancestor; L •" that is, shall stand m the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. (18) Thus the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds...

...the estate as •co-heiresses. 3. That all the lineal descendants, m infinitum, shall represent the ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place...person himself would have done had he been living. Thus the child, .grandchild, or great-grandchild, either male or female, of the .eldest son, succeeds...

...There could be no taking together among them. •t. " A fourth rule, or canon of descent, is this: that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any...person himself would have done had he been living." 2 Bl. Com. 216. For example, A. has three children ; one of them dies, leaving two children ; and then...

...more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit : but the females all together. Fourth IV. The lineal descendants in infinitum of any person...person himself would have done had he been living. Thus, the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds...

...eldest only shall inherit ; but the females all together 214 The lineal descendants, in infinilum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor...person himself would have done had he been living 216 On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the inheritance shall descend...

...several, take together. The lineal descendants of any person deceased represent their ancestors ; that is, stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. So, by right of representation, the child or grandchild, whether male or female, of an eldest son,...