New York Court of Appeals December 15, 1868 (Sheridan v. House)

Grover, J.

[delivered an opinion to the effe'ct that as during the father’s lifetime it was uncertain which, if any of the children would survive their father, and therefore uncertain which, if any, of the children would acquire any estate in the land, the remainder limited by the deed from Samuel to John, was therefore a contingent remainder, and could vest in no one until the death of John, by