McGill v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “If my son J. Willis Johnson, III lives to reach the age of [forty] years and if at the time he reaches the age of [forty] years he does not then have living a child, direct issue of his body born in lawful wedlock, then under those conditions and at that time there shall vest in my said son the full and complete title to all personal property then constituting any part of the trust estate held by the Trustee under this Will and there shall vest in him for the term of his natural life a life estate in all the real estate ... then held by the Trustee as any part of the trust estate under this will, with the remainder over in said real estate at the death of my said son (subject to the proviso contained in the latter part of this sentence) passing share and share alike unto my sisters, Ruth J. Gordon and Mary B. Hall, and in case either of [my] said sisters then be deceased such remainder here passing to such deceased sister shall pass per stirpes to her then living direct lineal descendants share and share alike, provided however that if my said son after said life estate has vested in him upon his reaching the age of [forty] years does have a child, direct issue of his body born alive in lawful wedlock, then at such time as such child may be born and the remainder in said lands herein left to my two said sisters and their direct lineal descendants shall fail, and at that time said remainder shall vest in my said son J. Willis Johnson, III and the full fee simple title to all s”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGill v. Johnson