First Reformed Dutch Church v. Croswell

H. T. Kellogg, J.:

The estate of the plaintiff was limited to endure “ so long as ” a church or meeting house, devoted to the religious purposes of the plaintiff, was “ kept and used ” upon the premises. The words of the grant were words, not of condition, but of limitation. “ Words of limitation mark the period which is to determine the estate; but words of condition render the estate liable to be defeated in the intermediate time.” (4 Kent Com. [14th ed.] *126.) “ Among the instances of collateral limitations are, to a man and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale; or to a woman dur*295ing…