History of the Law of Real Property in New York: An Essay Introductory to the Study of the N.Y. Revised Statutes (with Appendies)

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Baker, Voorhis, 1895 - Real property - 229 pages
 

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Page 160 - No estate or interest in lands, other than leases for a term not exceeding one year, nor any trust or power over or concerning lands, or in any manner relating thereto, shall hereafter be created, granted, assigned, surrendered, or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by deed, or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering, or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Page 114 - The absolute power of alienation shall not be suspended by any limitation or condition whatever, for a longer period than during the continuance of not more than two lives in being at the creation of the estate, except in the single case mentioned in the next section.
Page 183 - ... ordained or provided, or any other matter cause or thing whatsoever to the Contrary thereof in any wise Notwithstanding.
Page 142 - An express trust may be created for one or more of the following purposes: 1. To sell real property for the benefit of creditors; 2. To sell, mortgage or lease real property for the benefit of annuitants or other legatees, or for the purpose of satisfying any charge thereon; 3.
Page 110 - The people of this State, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State...
Page 144 - Where a trust is created to receive the rents and profits of real property, and no valid direction for accumulation is given, the surplus of such rents and profits, beyond the sum necessary for the education and support of the beneficiary, shall be liable to the claims of his creditors in the same manner as other personal property, which can not be reached by execution.
Page 119 - No lease or grant of agricultural land, for a longer period than twelve years, hereafter, made in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.
Page 143 - To receive the rents and profits of lands and apply them to the use of any person during the life of. such person or for any shorter term, subject to the rules prescribed in the first article of this title : 4.
Page 160 - ... deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party 'creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent, thereunto authorized by writing.30 . , § 7.
Page 115 - Successive estates for life shall not be limited, unless to persons in being at the creation thereof; and where a remainder shall be limited on more than two successive estates for life, all the life estates subsequent to those of the two persons first entitled thereto, shall be void, and upon the death of those persons the remainder shall take effect, in the same manner as if no other life estates had been created.

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