Equity excluded from giving any effect to dispositions by tenants in tail which in courts of law would not be effectual
259 Equity excluded from giving any effect to dispositions by tenants in tail which in courts of law would not be effectual
In cases of dispositions of lands under this Part by tenants in tail thereof, the jurisdiction of equity shall be altogether excluded, either on the behalf of a person claiming for a valuable or meritorious consideration or not, in regard to the specific performance of contracts and the supplying of defects in the execution of the powers of disposition given by this Part to tenants in tail and the supplying under any circumstances of the want of execution of such powers of disposition; and in regard to giving effect in any other manner to any act or deed by a tenant in tail which in a court of law would not be an effectual disposition under this Part; and no disposition of land under this Part by a tenant in tail thereof in equity shall be of any force unless such disposition would in case of an estate tail at law be an effectual disposition under this Part in a court of law.
No. 3754 s. 259.
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.