Willard v. First Church of Christ, Scientist

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the traditional rule had been avoided by the California courts if its application would have frustrated the clear intent of the grantor
• explaining the history of the rule and concluding that “it is clearly an inapposite feudal shackle today.”
• explaining the history of the rule and concluding that “it is clearly an inapposite feudal shackle today.”
• upheld deed based on substantially similar statutory language despite common law challenge
• rejecting the old rule as “clearly an inap-posite feudal shackle”
• rejecting stranger-to-deed rule as an \inapposite feudal shackle\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).