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Clough v. Clough
64 N.H. 509
| N.H. | 1888
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The devise is "to my niece Mary S. Clough . . . to her heirs and assigns if she should have living issue, if she should have no issue then to have the use and occupancy of said premises during her natural life." There is no express condition making the devise of a fee to Mary depend upon her issue continuing to live as long as Mary, or as long as the testator; and the will does not show that the testator used the terms "have living issue" in any other than their literal sense, or with an implied qualification that Mary's issue must survive her or the testator. His apparent intention was that the birth of living issue would determine whether Mary took a fee or a life estate.

Judgment for the defendant.

ALLEN, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

Case Details

Case Name: Clough v. Clough
Court Name: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Date Published: Jun 5, 1888
Citation: 64 N.H. 509
Court Abbreviation: N.H.
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