FISHER, P.J.Ch.
It seems unimaginable that a court, near the end of this millennium, would be asked to consider the application of the long-abolished "Rule in Shelley's Case." Yet, this anachronistic doctrine—like Banquo's Ghost—has raised its hoary head and must be addressed not as an academic puzzle but as the key to a very real and substantial property dispute.
Wycoff Hendrickson ("Wycoff") died in 1928. His will, executed eight years earlier...
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