Illusory appointment

Formerly the appointment of a merely nominal share of the property to one of the objects of a power, in order to escape the rule that an exclusive appointment could not be made unless it was authorized by the instrument creating the power, was considered illusory and void in equity. But this rule has been abolished in England.. (1 Wm. IV. c. 46; 37 & 38 Viet. c. 37.) Sweet See Ingraham v. Meade, 3 Wall. Jr. 32, 13 Fed. Cas. 50.