29.  As  a  general  rule,  when  real  or  personal  estate  is  devised  to
one  for  life,  with  an  ulterior  devise  to  another  person,  the  ulterior
devise  vests  absolutely  on  the  death  of  the  testator,  and  takes.
effect  in  possession  whenever  the  prior  devise  ceases  or  fails  from
any  cause  whatever.  So  when  a  widow  renounces  the  provisions
of  her  husband's  will,  estate  devised  to  her  for  life,  will  go  at  once
to  the  devisees  in  remainder.     Wood  v.  Wood,  1  Met.  516.
30.  When  a  devise  is  made  not  to  take  effect  in  possession  until
the  termination  of  a  particular  estate,  words  of  survivorship  are  to
be  regarded  as  referring  to  the  time  fixed  for  the  distribution  of
the  subject  of  the  gift.     Wren  v.  Hynes,  2  Met.  130.
31.  "It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  when  my  youngest  child
shall  arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  that  the  $12,000  set
apart  in  bank  stock,  shall  be  equally  divided  among  all  my  sur-
viving children  or  their  heirs."  The  wil  directed  the  dividends
of  the  stock  to  be  paid  to  the  widow  of  the  testator  until  the  period
of  distribution.  Held:  That  the  bank  stock  should  be  divided
between  those  surviving  when  the  youngest  child  arrived  at  age,
and  the  heirs  of  such  as  were  dead,  and  that  the  husband  of  one  of
the  testator's  children,  who  died  before  the  youngest  arrived  at
twenty-one  years  of  age,  was  not  entitled  to  any  part  of  the  fund.
Wren  v.  Hynes,  2  Met.  131-136.
32.  A  devise  in  trust  for  the  use  of  the  testatrix  daughter  during
her  life,  and  after  her  death  for  the  use  of  the  testatrix  three
granddaughters,  and  "their  heirs  lawfully  begotten  of  their
bodies,"  invests  the  granddaughters  with  a  remainder  in  fee.
