“To A and her heirs; but if B returns from Canada, then and in that event to B and his heirs.” Which of the following best represents the interest that A holds?

A grantor executed a valid deed conveying a tract of land to a city “for the purpose of constructing a planetarium thereon.” The city held the property for a number of years, but decided on another site for the planetarium. When presented an offer to purchase the property by a privately owned garbage collection company, the city accepted and conveyed the land to the company. Which of the following statements about the title of the tract of land is true?

A father executed a deed to his art gallery “to my daughter for her life, and on my daughter’s death to her children; provided, however, that if my daughter stops painting, to my brother.” The daughter has two children and is still painting. At the time of the grant, what is the best description of the interest of the daughter’s two children?

A fee simple owner of a restaurant provided in his will that the property should go on his death “in fee simple to my friend, but if during my friend’s lifetime my son has children and those children are alive when my friend dies, then to said living children.” When the owner died, the friend took over the restaurant. If the son has children and one or more of them are alive when the friend dies, who will take title to the restaurant at that time?

“O to A and her heirs, but if the land is used as a farm, back to O.” Which of the following best represents the interest that A holds in the land? 

A landowner included in his will a provision giving “all of my property, both real and personal, wherever situated, to my widow for life, and after her death to any of our children who may survive her.” What is the gift to the children?

“To A for life, and on A’s death to B and his heirs.” Which of the following best represents the interest that B holds?

A landowner validly conveyed a small office building to the Green Party “as long as they use it for operating quarters until the next presidential election.” After the next presidential election, which was in three years, the building would go to a private organization that monitors and prepares comprehensive listings of gas prices throughout the country. A year after the conveyance, the landowner died, validly devising all of her property to her son. Although this jurisdiction is a common law jurisdiction with respect to all real property considerations, the state’s probate laws provide that future interests or estates in real property may be passed by will or descent in the same manner as present or possessory interests. Last week, the Green Party and the gas monitoring organization joined together to sell the office building in fee simple absolute to a developer. The son filed suit to prevent the sale of the property to the developer. In this action, who should prevail?

A landowner conveyed his parcel of land “to my sister and her heirs so long as it is used for residential purposes, but if it is ever used for other than residential purposes, then to the local community center.” Five years later, the landowner died, devising all of his real estate to his friend and leaving his daughter as his only heir. The following year, the landowner’s sister and the landowner’s daughter entered into a contract with a third party to sell the parcel to him in fee simple for $100,000. After examining title, the third party refused to perform under the contract because he believed the sister and the daughter could not deliver good title. The jurisdiction follows the common law Rule Against Perpetuities and has a statute providing that all future estates and interests are alienable, descendible, and devisable in the same manner as possessory estates and interests. If the sister and the daughter sue the third party for specific performance, how should the court rule on their request?

Who discovers Duncan’s body?