In the case of Lucas v. Hamm, the California Supreme Court held  that it was not malpractice for a lawyer to botch this rule, since  nobody can be expected to understand it anyway. Often taught using  such bizarre hypotheticals as the "fertile octoge
In the case of Lucas v. Hamm, the California Supreme Court held  that it was not malpractice for a lawyer to botch this rule, since  nobody can be expected to understand it anyway. Often taught using  such bizarre hypotheticals as the "fertile octogenarian" and the  "unborn widow," it states that no testamentary interest is valid if  it does not vest within 21 years of all lives in being. FTP, name  this notoriously complicated common law doctrine, the bane of many  first-year property students.
In the case of Lucas v. Hamm, the California Supreme Court held  that it was not malpractice for a lawyer to botch this rule, since  nobody can be expected to understand it anyway.
the {Rule Against Perpetuities}