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Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Recent Statutory Amendment In New York, Paul K. Gaston S.Ed.
Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Recent Statutory Amendment In New York, Paul K. Gaston S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
After 128 years of criticism and confusion and enormous amounts of litigation, New York has amended its statutory rule against perpetuities. The old rule provided that the absolute power of alienation could not be suspended for longer, than "two lives in being" at the creation of the estate plus a minority exception in some cases. Under the new rule the absolute power of alienation can be suspended for a period measured by any number of "lives in being" at the creation of the estate so long as they are not "so designated or so numerous as to make proof of …
Personal Property - Gifts - Delivery To Third Party, Thomas A. Dieterich S.Ed.
Personal Property - Gifts - Delivery To Third Party, Thomas A. Dieterich S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A husband changed the beneficiary of his life insurance policy from his wife to his mother during a temporary separation and failed to restore his wife as beneficiary after reconciliation. Subsequent to his death the mother, in the presence· of the wife, signed a memorandum "waiving" her policy rights "to" the wife and handed the writing to the insurer's district manager. Before payment of the proceeds the mother discovered that the wife was the beneficiary of another policy and attempted to revoke the memorandum. In insurer's interpleader action, a gift to the wife was recognized. On appeal, held, affirmed. …
Real Property - Restrictive Covenants - Effect Of Expiration Of Time Limitation In Deed Under General Plan, John D. Kelly
Real Property - Restrictive Covenants - Effect Of Expiration Of Time Limitation In Deed Under General Plan, John D. Kelly
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs were the owners of two lots in a subdivision originally owned by a real estate development company. Defendants were property owners or lien holders within the subdivision, the development company, and the prospective purchasers of plaintiff's lots who refused to buy on the ground that the lots were subject to certain restrictions. All purchasers of lots within the subdivision had received the same form deed containing the identical provision that restrictions, including one prohibiting nonresidential use, were to be enforceable for twenty-one years from the date of each conveyance. The first lot was sold in 1927 and plaintiffs' …
Real Property - Adverse Possession - Between Cotenants, Paul K. Gaston
Real Property - Adverse Possession - Between Cotenants, Paul K. Gaston
Michigan Law Review
C. V. James and his wife and children owned certain property as tenants in common. In 1931 defendant Fallon recovered a judgment against C. V. James, and the land was sold by a sheriff under execution. Fallon became the purchaser at the sheriff's sale and was issued a sheriff's deed purporting to convey the entire interest in the property. Thereafter he was "in the actual, visible, distant, hostile, exclusive, continuous and uninterrupted possession" of the land and paid all taxes thereon. Plaintiffs, the wife and children of James, brought this action to determine the ownership of the property. Fallon claimed …
Conflict Of Laws - Estoppel - Extra-Territorial Effect Of Probate Decree, Thomas A. Hoya S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Estoppel - Extra-Territorial Effect Of Probate Decree, Thomas A. Hoya S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator, domiciled in California, by his will created a charitable trust of his residuary estate which included lands located in North Dakota. Under California law, the charitable bequest was valid to the extent of only one-third of the residuary estate. Upon distribution of the trust estate by the California court, the charity appeared and received its one-third of the entire residuary property. The trustee then filed with the North Dakota court, asking that the North Dakota land be distributed in accord with the California decree. Since there was no limitation on the validity of the charitable bequest in North Dakota, …
Descent And Distribution - Joint Ownership - Imposition Of Constructive Trust On Murderer Of Co-Tenant, John B. Schwemm S.Ed.
Descent And Distribution - Joint Ownership - Imposition Of Constructive Trust On Murderer Of Co-Tenant, John B. Schwemm S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A husband, owning land with his wife as tenants by the entireties, killed her and immediately thereafter committed suicide. In an action to determine ownership of the realty, both the probate and appellate courts declared that since a relevant disinheritance statute was inapplicable, full title vested in the husband and, upon his death, descended to his heirs. On appeal, held, reversed. Despite the common law nature of such tenancies, equity will impose on the husband a constructive trust in one-half the property for the benefit of the victim's estate. National City Bank of Evansville v. Bledsoe, (Ind. 1957) …
Should The Rule Against Perpetuities Discard Its Vest?, Daniel M. Schuyler
Should The Rule Against Perpetuities Discard Its Vest?, Daniel M. Schuyler
Michigan Law Review
From what has preceded it is apparent that none of those who would reform the rule against perpetuities, excepting Professor Simes, has suggested that the rule's application to remoteness of vesting alone requires investigation. Yet there is little doubt that this aspect of the rule has caused as much if not more litigation than those which have been so harshly condemned. Proof of this assertion will not be undertaken, for every property lawyer knows how frequently courts are called upon to determine whether for purposes of the rule an interest is "vested" or "contingent." Professor Simes put it well when …
Future Interests - Validity Of Shifting Executory Interest On Event Certain To Occur, Jerome B. Libin S.Ed.
Future Interests - Validity Of Shifting Executory Interest On Event Certain To Occur, Jerome B. Libin S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator's will provided for alternative devises of his business real estate. If employees of the business exercised an option granted by the will to purchase his partnership interest within eight months after his death, the real estate was to pass to a bank in trust for his daughter and her children. If the option was not exercised within this period, the real estate was to pass to his widow. A residuary clause divided the remainder of his estate equally between his widow, absolutely, and the named bank as trustee. After passage of the eight-month period, testator's daughter sought a declaration …
Should The Rule Against Perpetuities Discard Its Vest?, Daniel M. Schuyler
Should The Rule Against Perpetuities Discard Its Vest?, Daniel M. Schuyler
Michigan Law Review
The venerable rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities has recently been subjected to numerous searching and critical analyses, some of which will presently be discussed. Thus far nothing has been published dealing with, and only Professor Simes has touched upon, what seems to the present writer to be the most serious problem engendered by the common law rule in its commonly accepted form, i.e., the notion that the rule is concerned only with remoteness of vesting. It is the purpose of the present discussion to examine the concept of vesting as related to the rule and to …
Municipal Corporations - Zoning - The Granting Of A Variance Based On Unnecessary Hardship, Frank D. Jacobs S.Ed.
Municipal Corporations - Zoning - The Granting Of A Variance Based On Unnecessary Hardship, Frank D. Jacobs S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant purchased a tract of vacant land located in the most highly restricted residence zone of his city. The local zoning ordinance prescribed minimum area, width, and depth measurements for building plots in that district. Defendant desired to subdivide the property into two building plots in order to build a one-family residence on each plot. Although the first plot complied with the minimum requirements of the ordinance, the other plot was deficient in area and depth measurements. Defendant was unsuccessful in his attempts both to purchase adjoining land and to sell parts of his property to adjoining owners. He then …
The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Early in the development of the common law of conveyancing, as everyone knows, the practice of physically consummating a conveyance by acts on the land itself was abandoned in favor of the more flexible and convenient devices authorized or required by the Statute of Uses and the Statute of Frauds. Now we do it all on paper and consummate the transaction at any convenient place. One of the requirements of this process is to make clear what land is being conveyed. So we describe the land on paper in one of the several ways which have been approved for this …
Legislation - Future Interests - Extinguishment Of Contingent Remainder Interests In The Unborn, Edward B. Stulberg
Legislation - Future Interests - Extinguishment Of Contingent Remainder Interests In The Unborn, Edward B. Stulberg
Michigan Law Review
Under the somewhat misleading title of "An Act To Permit the Dissolution of Estates Tail and To Permit the Conveyance of Contingent Remainder Interest and To Provide Procedure Therefor," Arkansas has enacted legislation which partially revitalizes an ancient common law rule that other legislatures and courts have been trying to eliminate for some hundred and fifty years-the doctrine of the destructibility of contingent remainders. Arkansas' Act 163 is thus unique among the modern statutes designed to increase the alienability of estates fettered with outstanding future interests.