Reformulating the Structure of Estates: A Proposal for Legislative Action

Authors

Lawrence W. Waggoner, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1984

Abstract

Professor Waggoner points out various major inadequacies of the present structure of estates and traces them to the distinctions between conditions and limitations, between conditions precedent and conditions subsequent, and between reversionary and nonreversionary interests. Eschewing such distinctions as artificial, he pre- sents a reformulated structure of possessory and future interests and urges its enactment into law.

Comments

Originally published as Lawrence W. Waggoner, Reformulating the Structure of Estates: A Proposal for Legislative Action, 85 HARV. L. REV. 729 (1972).

Publication Information & Recommended Citation

Waggoner, Lawrence W. "Reformulating the Structure of Estates: A Proposal for Legislative Action." In Real Property, by P. Goldstein. Mineola, N.Y.: Foundation Press, (1984).