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Perpetuities-Exercise Of General Testamentary Power Of Appointment Creating Perpetuity-Effect On Prior Gift Of Failure Of Gift Over
Michigan Law Review
A, by a will which created a trust of realty and personalty, gave B a life interest with a general power to appoint by will. B exercised this power in her will, appointing to her children for life with other remainders to B's grandchildren. Held, remainder to the grandchildren is void for remoteness, since the period allowed by the rule against perpetuities is calculated as though B's appointment were incorporated in A's will. Interests of B's children are uneffected by the failure of the gift to the grandchildren. Equitable Trust Co. v. Snader (Del. Ch. 1930) 151 Atl. 712.
Wills-Gifts To Named Beneficiaries And To A Class-Per Stirpes Or Per Capita
Wills-Gifts To Named Beneficiaries And To A Class-Per Stirpes Or Per Capita
Michigan Law Review
Action by an executor for the construction of a will in which the testator had given a gift to certain of his children, naming them, and to two sets of grandchildren one of which was the offspring of a child, deceased at the time of the execution of the will. The gift provided that they were to participate "share and share alike." In two subsequent clauses of the will the testator provided for trustees to take care of the "portion" left to the grandchildren. The court held, that a sufficient intent was shown so as to justify a distribution …