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Wills - Revocation By Change In Circumstances - Effect Of A Separation And Property Settlement Agreement, Paul R. Haerle May 1955

Wills - Revocation By Change In Circumstances - Effect Of A Separation And Property Settlement Agreement, Paul R. Haerle

Michigan Law Review

Testator's will, executed in 1944, named his wife executrix and sole devisee. One month before his death in 1952 he entered into a detailed separation and property settlement agreement with her in which, though not referring directly to the will, the wife released any present, future or after-acquired interest in the same realty as was devised in the will. The widow's offering of the will for probate was contested by the heirs. The lower court directed a verdict for the contestants on the ground that the agreement operated to revoke the will. On appeal, held, reversed. Since neither a …


Income, Gift And Estate Tax Considerations In Marriage And Divorce, G. Van Velsor Wolf Jan 1954

Income, Gift And Estate Tax Considerations In Marriage And Divorce, G. Van Velsor Wolf

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Illegal Conditions And Limitations: Effect Of Illegality, Olin L. Browder, Jr Apr 1949

Illegal Conditions And Limitations: Effect Of Illegality, Olin L. Browder, Jr

Michigan Law Review

IN earlier articles the writer undertook to explore that miscellaneous and somewhat neglected field of law in which public policy is held to nullify the efforts of persons to impose certain types of conditions and limitations on dispositions of their property.' Such provisions most commonly take the form either of conditions subsequent or executory limitations, but occasionally appear as conditions precedent or special limitations. Unlike provisions which run afoul of the rule against perpetuities or the rules against restraints on alienation, the provisions in question usually prescribe conduct on the part of beneficiaries which is not directly related to the …


Taxation--Estate Tax--Alimony Deduction, J. G. H. Dec 1946

Taxation--Estate Tax--Alimony Deduction, J. G. H.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer Jun 1943

Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer

Michigan Law Review

The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.


Recent Important Decisions Jun 1929

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.


Recent Important Decisions Dec 1924

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.


Recent Important Decisions Mar 1924

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.


Recent Important Decisions Feb 1924

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.