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" No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest. "
Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme ... - Page 168
by Illinois. Supreme Court - 1917
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 138

1914 - 1246 pages
...death of the testator, and 21 years and 9 months thereafter ; or, as the rule Is sometimes expressed, "No interest is good unless It must vest, if at all, not later than 21 years and a fraction after some life in being at the creation of the interest." Gray on Rule against...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 101

1917 - 1194 pages
...in being at the creation of the interest. The rule is thus stated in Gray on Perpetuities, § 201 : "No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than 21 years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." In Coggins' Appeal, 124 Pa. 10,...
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The Rule Against Perpetuities

John Chipman Gray - 1886 - 548 pages
...SUBJECT TO A CONDITION PRECEDENT 18 GOOD, UNLESS THE CONDITION MUST BE FULFILLED, IP AT ALL, WITHIN TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER SOME LIFE IN BEING AT THE CREATION OF THE INTEREST. 1. Nature of Interest. § 202. The Rule governs both legal and equitable interests, and interests in...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 25

1893 - 1164 pages
...condition precedent is good, unless die condition must be fulfilled, if at all, within twenty -one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." Gray, Perp. § 201. The rule applies to the creation of both legal and equitable interests, and interests...
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Harvard Law Review, Volume 20

1907 - 728 pages
...legislation. POSTPONEMENT OF FUTURE GIFT "AS LONG AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE." —At common law no future interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not...than twenty-one years after some life in being at the time of the creation of the interest. 1 Courts have consistently refused to restrict the choice of...
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The Southern Reporter, Volume 91

1922 - 956 pages
...fulfilled, if at all, within 21 years after some life in being at the creation of the interest," or "No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all. not later than 21 years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." As stated In 1 Tiffany on Real...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 36

1888 - 986 pages
...subject to a condition precedent is good unless the condition must be fulfilled, if at all, within twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." Section 201. The rule applies to legal and equitable interests, and to both real and personal estate....
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value ..., Volume 20

Abraham Clark Freeman - 1891 - 1060 pages
...subject to a condition precedent is good, unless the condition must be fulfilled, if at all, within twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." This rule is in force in all of the states where the principles of the common law prevail, excepting...
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The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 18

John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland - 1892 - 1028 pages
...a condition precedent is good unless the condition must be fulfilled, if at all, within twenty -one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest." Gray's Rule against Perp., § 201. "Lives" might have been clearer than "some life." The common law...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 61

1895 - 1312 pages
...subject to & condition precedent Is good unless the condition must be fulfilled, If at all, within twentyone years after some life In being at the creation of the Interest." Gray, Perp. § 201. In this case the title to the sum of $200. payable annually, vested In the Ottumwa Library...
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