Landram v. Jordan
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT. OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The testator violated the law of this jurisdiction in placing the title to Washington real estate in the hands of trustees without power to alienate prior to 1928. Ovid v. •Washington Hospital, 95 U. S. 303, 312. See also Code of the District, and as to rule in other jurisdictions see Jones v. Habersham, 107 U..
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT. OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The testator violated the law of this jurisdiction in placing the title to Washington real estate in the hands of trustees without power to alienate prior to 1928. Ovid v. •Washington Hospital, 95 U. S. 303, 312. See also Code of the District, and as to rule in other jurisdictions see Jones v. Habersham, 107 U.. S. 174; McArthur v. Scott, 113 U. S. 340, 381. The rule applies to the possibility of non-vesting. Proprietors v. Grant, 3 Gray, 142, 153; 1 Perry on Trusts, § 380; Sears v. Putnam, 102…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court. '
This is an appeal from a. decree, of the Court of Appeals fif the District- of Columbia affirming .a decree of. the Supreme .Court upon-a-bill of review, brought by Gabriella K. Jordan, the appellee'. The decVee. under'review was- rendered in a suit for the construction of the will of -Thomas Kearney and for the determination of the' validity of a trust created by it, so- far as the .same concerned land in the District of Columbia.-That decree declared' the trust'bad as attempting to create a perpetuity. Under the bill of review- the decree was modi-,…
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