Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 17 April [1866]
Title
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 17 April [1866]
Title
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 17 April [1866]
Sender
Frederic Harrison
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1866-04-17
Place
London
Letter Content
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 17 April [1866]
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
New Sq. | April 17.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
I send the page of MS with a few verbal notes in pencil. I think it is quite accurate. I extract over leaf the passage from Lord St. Leonards.
I was dismayed and ashamed on reaching home to find how much later it was than I expected and I fear we most unconscionably detained you very late. When we left I thought it was ten, so agreeably had the evening slipped by. Believe me
Sincerely yours
Frederic Harrison.
Sugden's Essay on Real Property Statutes, p. 3.
"It was generally conceived that a possession for 60 years created a good title against all the world. Mr. Justice Blackstone says "that the possession of lands in fee simple and uninterruptedly for 60 years, is at present a sufficient title against all the world and cannot be impeached by any dormant claim whatsoever. But it was possible that an estate might be enjoyed adversely for hundreds of years and yet at last be recovered by a remainder-man. For instance, suppose an estate to be limited to one in tail with remainder over to another in fee, and the tenant in tail to be barred of his remedy by the Statutes of limitations it is evident that as his Estate subsisted the remainderman's right of entry could not take place until the failure of the issue of the tenant in tail which might not happen for an immense number of years."
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
New Sq. | April 17.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
I send the page of MS with a few verbal notes in pencil. I think it is quite accurate. I extract over leaf the passage from Lord St. Leonards.
I was dismayed and ashamed on reaching home to find how much later it was than I expected and I fear we most unconscionably detained you very late. When we left I thought it was ten, so agreeably had the evening slipped by. Believe me
Sincerely yours
Frederic Harrison.
Sugden's Essay on Real Property Statutes, p. 3.
"It was generally conceived that a possession for 60 years created a good title against all the world. Mr. Justice Blackstone says "that the possession of lands in fee simple and uninterruptedly for 60 years, is at present a sufficient title against all the world and cannot be impeached by any dormant claim whatsoever. But it was possible that an estate might be enjoyed adversely for hundreds of years and yet at last be recovered by a remainder-man. For instance, suppose an estate to be limited to one in tail with remainder over to another in fee, and the tenant in tail to be barred of his remedy by the Statutes of limitations it is evident that as his Estate subsisted the remainderman's right of entry could not take place until the failure of the issue of the tenant in tail which might not happen for an immense number of years."
Signature
Frederic Harrison.
Citation
Frederic Harrison, Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 17 April [1866], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91840