PERPETUITIES-EXERCISE OF GENERAL TESTAMENTARY POWER OF APPOINTMENT CREATING PERPETUITY-EFFECT ON PRIOR GIFT OF FAILURE OF GIFT OVER

A, by a will which created a trust of realty and personalty, gave B a life interest with a general power to appoint by will. B exercised this power in her will, appointing to her children for life with other remainders to B\u27s grandchildren. Held, remainder to the grandchildren is void for remoteness, since the period allowed by the rule against perpetuities is calculated as though B\u27s appointment were incorporated in A\u27s will. Interests of B\u27s children are uneffected by the failure of the gift to the grandchildren. Equitable Trust Co. v. Snader (Del. Ch. 1930) 151 Atl. 712