Anna B. Dana, as Executrix v. Agnes Murray, Impleaded

Summary

The Court held that Maria Murray's will was invalid as to the premises because it attempted to create a fee that violated statutory limits; the power of sale was a general, imperative power in trust that suspended vesting of the fee; the estate to the husband and three daughters was a determinable life estate held as tenants in common, not a fee; the contingent remainder to the children exceeded the statutory two‑life limit and was void; therefore the fee absolute vested in Murray's surviving children and the issue of any deceased child at her death.