· 6/13/1996
Symphony Space, Inc. v. Pergola Properties, Inc.
Citations
- 669 N.E.2d 799
- 88 N.Y.2d 466
- 646 N.Y.S.2d 641
- 1996 N.Y. LEXIS 1523
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “That is, an interest is void from the outset if it may vest too remotely . . . .”
- where parties to transaction being tested against rule against perpetuities are corporations and no measuring lives are stated in the instruments, perpetuities period is simply 21 years
- where parties to transaction being tested against rule against perpetuities are corporations and no measuring lives are stated in the instruments, perpetuities period is simply 21 years
- per the RAP, “[n]o interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest”
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Judges: Kaye
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