Legal Opinion
Hinton v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 29, 1930No. 8 Div. 171PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The first question of controlling importance arises from the contention of appellants that the condition subsequent in the deed executed by Mrs. Hardin to herself and others as trustees, stipulating that, if the cestui que trust shall cease to exist, or shall fail to maintain on the premises conveyed a place of worship, the title shall revert to the heirs of the grantor, is obnoxious to the rule against perpetuities, as declared in section 6922 of the Code of 1923, and void. This is the rule of the English authorities. Dunn v. Flood, L. R. 25 Ch. D. 629; Lewis on Perpetuities, 616, 617.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cowell v. Springs Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Hopkins v. GrimshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Fowler v. Alabama Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Benedict v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Spallholz v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dozier v. Troy Drive-In-Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1956
- Fayette County Board of Education v. BryanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- Ingram v. People's Finance Thrift Co. of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Earle v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Reid v. ArmisteadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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