Long v. Long

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The unique issue in this case concerns the nature of the interest remaining in the grantor, Henry Long, after the creation by deed of a fee tail estate which was conveyed by the grantor to his son “Jesse S. Long, and the children of his body begotten, and their heirs and assigns forever. ’ ’

The parties agree that the estate created by the grantor was a fee tail. Pollock v. Speidel (1867), 17 Ohio St. 439.

Appellant maintains that the interest remaining in the grantor is a “possibility of reverter” which is a descendible, devisable estate at the death of the original grantor of the estate…