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Reformation Of Instruments-Mistake-Deed Of Married Woman, Eugene H. Lattin
Reformation Of Instruments-Mistake-Deed Of Married Woman, Eugene H. Lattin
Michigan Law Review
In 1887 one Evans deeded to Mattie Woodbridge a lot described in the deed as lot 31, believing that the lot described was lot 29. Mattie took possession of lot 29, and held it until October 7, 1913, when she deeded it by the same description as in the original deed to one Casto, an intermediary, who then deeded it to William, Mattie's husband. Husband and wife continued in possession of lot 29 until her death in 1919. Lot 31, the lot described in the deed of 1887, continued in the possession of Evans and his successors until 1905, when …
Future Interests-Rule Against Perpetuities-Contingent Remainders In The Alternative-Rule Of Loddington V. Kime-Power Of Appointment, Shubrick T. Kothe S.Ed.
Future Interests-Rule Against Perpetuities-Contingent Remainders In The Alternative-Rule Of Loddington V. Kime-Power Of Appointment, Shubrick T. Kothe S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Prior to her marriage, settlor created a trust, reserving to herself a life estate, with general testamentary power of appointment over the corpus. The trust deed provided further that in default of appointment, "or as to any part of said estate as to which the appointment may for any reason fail to take effect," the property was to remain in trust to pay one-half the income to her fiancé for life, if he should survive her, the other half to her children who survived or the issue of deceased children, and to pay over the principal when the youngest taker …