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HALL AND WIFE v. BRAY, SURVIVING EXECUTOR

New Jersey Supreme Court1794-04
1 N.J.L. 245

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Per Cur.

Such an agreement is no revocation at law. An intention to sell does hot revoke a will by which the property is devised. In equity, perhaps, it may be considered as an absolute disposition. Powell on Dev. 565, 593 — 4; Abney v. [213] Miller, 2 Atk. 593; Rider v. Wager, 2 P. Wms. 328; Cotter v. Layer, Ibid. 623; Willet v. Sandford, 1 Vesey 177; Vernon v. Jones, 2 Vern. 241 ; Prec, in Chey.32; Archer v. Bokenham, 11 Mod. 148. See 1 Bl. Rep. 349.