Smith v Smith

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 07 November 1879
• Date: 07 November 1879
• Court: House of Lords (Ireland)

H. of Lds.

SMITH

and

SMITH

Insolvency — Reversionary interest.

394 LAW REPORTS (IRELAND). L. R. I. V. C. to dower out of the testator's lands, and. I must dismiss the action 1879. with costs so far as it seeks a declaration relating to that claim. ROBINS v. Solicitors for the Plaintiff : Messrs. Wm. Roche t Sons. Al'Domma. Solicitor for the Defendant M`Donnell : Mr. Wm. Mooney. Solicitors for the Defendant L. E. Robins : Messrs. Wm. Kelly cif Son. SMITH v. SMITH (1). Insolvency-Reversionary interest. THIS was an appeal from a decision of the late Court of Appeal in Chancery. The original suit was instituted. for the purpose of having an account of the distribution of assets arising from a devise of certain lands in Stocking-lane, in the County of Dublin. There were many points in discussion in the Courts below (Ir. Rep. 10 Eq. 273 ; 1 L. R. Ir. 206), but the point presented for decision on this appeal was whether, by reason of the insolvency of the Respondent's father in 1821 (when the 53...