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Alienability Of Contingent Remainders, Joseph O'Meara, William K. Divers

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There is no longer any such thing as a determinable interest in land in Ohio. The ordinary words appropriate to create a determinable interest in land are words indicating duration of time, e. g., "Until Gloversville shall be incorporated as a village". Although not made an issue by the parties, the supreme court's decision turned upon the legal effect of the following clause: "To have and to hold the premises aforesaid unto the said grantees and their successors so that neither the said grantor or his heirs nor any other person claiming title through or under him shall or will …