Bliss v. Shea

Plaintiff-appellant is one of the heirs'of Arthur L. Bliss, with whose will this proceeding is concerned. A half-brother' of the testator, plaintiff was not named in the will. The will devised the estate to trustees, in trust to pay the net income to testator’s widow during her life, and upon her death to divide the corpus between two designated nephews of the testator, with remainders over in the event either or both of the nephews should predecéase the widow. Plaintiff sought to set aside all or part of this trust on the theory that it violates the statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.1…