Johnson,
pp. 132-133: Practice Problems
1. Omar grants Agatha a life
estate and Bill gets a vested remainder in fee simple absolute.
2. Omar grants Agatha a life estate
and Bill gets a vested remainder in fee simple absolute just like above. After Bill croaks, Agatha still has the life
estate and Carrie gets the vested remainder in fee simple absolute.
3. Omar grants
4. Omar grants Andrew a life
estate and retains a reversion in fee simple absolute.
5. Same as above, but the
reversion in fee simple absolute goes to Blake upon Omar’s death.
6. Omar grants Andre a life
estate. Then it depends on whether Andre
actually has children now. If Andre doesn’t have any children yet, a
contingent remainder in fee simple absolute is granted to Andre’s (theoretical)
children and a reversion is retained by Omar.
If Andre does have children, then they are granted a vested remainder
subject to open in fee simple absolute and Omar gets nothing. If Andre has children later, the contingent
remainder transforms into a vested remainder subject to open in fee simple
absolute and Omar gets nothing.
7.
a. If Belinda is still in
college, then Alex gets a life estate, Belinda gets a contingent remainder in
fee simple absolute, and Omar gets a reversion in fee simple absolute.
b. Alex gets a life estate, Belinda
gets a vested remainder in fee simple absolute, and Omar gets nothing.
8. Omar grants Alex a life
estate.
a. In the first case, Belinda
gets a vested remainder subject to divestment in fee simple absolute, while
Omar retains a possibility of reverter (or maybe right of entry) [according to
Braunstein] in fee simple absolute.
b. Here, Belinda’s future
interest matures into a vested remainder in fee simple absolute, and Omar has
no future interest.
9. Omar grants Annabelle a life
estate. Byron gets a contingent
remainder in fee simple absolute.
Casanova also gets a contingent remainder in fee simple absolute. Omar is still left with a reversion in fee
simple absolute because whenever a grantor conveys a vested estate of a lesser
quantum than that which he had, the grantor retains a reversion. If Annabelle is convicted a treason or uses
the property to sell drugs or forfeits the estate, it doesn’t go to either
Byron or Casanova. It goes to Omar.