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Future Interests-Construction Of "Surviving" In Substitutionary Gift Of Remainder, J. R. Mackenzie S.Ed.
Future Interests-Construction Of "Surviving" In Substitutionary Gift Of Remainder, J. R. Mackenzie S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator's will provided that his property should go to his wife W for life, then in equal shares to his sister A and his brothers B and C. The language used was appropriate to create vested remainders in A, B and C. The will then provided, "And in case of the death of my said sister or either of my said brothers before the death of my said wife, the share that he or she would have taken shall be divided equally between his or her surviving children, by right of representation." A and B died before testator; …