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The Widow's Right Of Election In The Estate Of Her Husband, Elbridge D. Phelps
The Widow's Right Of Election In The Estate Of Her Husband, Elbridge D. Phelps
Michigan Law Review
Before launching into the discussion proper, and in order to avoid confusion and misunderstanding later on, it is deemed wise at once to mark out boundaries within which it is proposed to confine the treatment of the subject here involved. Accordingly, in that which follows, attention will be centered largely on the necessity for election by a widow under modern statutes which allow her to take against her husband's will, and on the effects of her election or non-election upon her interest in her husband's estate. In so far as a surviving husband has identical rights, they will be adverted …
Powers - Rule Against Perpetuities - Disposition Of Property Where Appointment Is Invalid - Enforcement Of Contract To Appoint, James H. Kilbourne
Powers - Rule Against Perpetuities - Disposition Of Property Where Appointment Is Invalid - Enforcement Of Contract To Appoint, James H. Kilbourne
Michigan Law Review
The donor of the power bequeathed a fund to trustees to pay the income to the donee for the donee's life, and then to convey to such persons as the donee appointed by will. The donee appointed by will to trustees to pay the income to the donee's daughter for life; and then to convey the remainder to the daughter's surviving children and the surviving lawful descendants of any deceased child of the daughter, upon the death of the last surviving child or twenty-one years after the death of the last surviving child living at the donee's death, whichever event …