Tuite v Bermingham

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 14 June 1875
• Date: 14 June 1875
• Court: House of Lords (Ireland)

H. L.

TUITE

and

BERMINGHAM.

Clabon & Fearson L. R. Week. N. 1875, p. 138.

"Except an eldest son."

372 THE IRISH REPORTS. [I. B. H. L. (HOUSE OF LORDS.) 1875. TIJITE v. BERMINGHAM. June 14. " Except an eldest son." APPEAL against a decree of the Master of the Rolls (Ir. R. 7 Eq. 221). By a settlement made in 1826, on the marriage of Henry Morgan Tuite, the lands of Sonna-originally the property of his. father, of whom he was the eldest son-were limited to the father for life, remainder to H. M. Tuite for life, remainder to his sons successively in tail, remainder to his second son George Gustavus Tuite, and his sons successively in tail. H. M. Tuite was the eldest son of the father, George Gustavus Tuite was the only other son. This second son was, in 1834, about to marry ; and, on that occaÂÂsion, a settlement was made of the lands of Ballycommon These lands had come into the family from the mother, and they were settled on the father for life...