New York Court of Appeals

Annette C. Hersee and Carrie H. Coit, Respondents v. Louis W. Simpson, Appellant

December 17, 1897154 N.Y. 496

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed that the heirs of the testator took a vested remainder in the decedent’s real property at his death, holding that the phrase “from and after” does not make the remainder contingent.