Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center v. United States National Bank

This is a suit brought by one of the residuary legatees of the will of Gretchen K. Tyler seeking a declaration of its rights under the will. The heirs of Gretchen Tyler claimed by intestacy on the ground that the bequest to plaintiff violated the rule against perpetuities.

After making several specific bequests, the testa trix, in paragraph Eighteenth, bequeathed $25,000 to Lewis & Clark College, “said sum to be held in trust” for certain designated purposes.

Paragraph Nineteenth is the residuary clause and reads, as follows :

“NINETEENTH: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real,…