Meyer v. House

By JUDGE E. BALLARD BAKER

The question relates to the application of the rule against perpetuities to the trust created by William H. Meyer and Gertrude E. Meyer on July 17, 1967, and made a part of the Will of William H. Meyer on the same date. Mr. Meyer died November 11, 1967. Gertrude E. Meyer, his wife, is living.

Under the trust, income is payable to Gertrude E. Meyer for her life, then to Elinor Kuhn and Winifred House, daughters of the Meyers, for the life of each. On the death of the two daughters, an equal share of the trust Principal is set aside for each child of Mrs. Kuhn, with…