Estates and Trusts - Future Interests - Power of Appointment

Authors

Mark M. Levine

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that a devise giving a life estate and a general testamentary power of appointment is not equivalent to a fee simple when there is included in the devise a gift over in default of appointment.

Estate of Curtis, 452 Pa. 527, 307 A.2d 251 (1973).

First Page

963

Recommended Citation

Mark M. Levine, Estates and Trusts - Future Interests - Power of Appointment, 12 Duq. L. Rev. 963 (1974).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol12/iss4/11