Remainder accelerated by life tenant predeceasing testator. Survivor not entitled to contribution to mortgage. Two individuals purchased a home and held title as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. They both contributed to the down payment although one party contributed more, and both signed a promissory note for the remaining purchase price. After one party died, the survivor paid the balance of the note and then sued the decedent's estate for one-half of the amount paid.
Life tenant can also have vested remainder.
The testator's will devised a life estate in certain real property to her daughter. At the daughter's death, the remainder passed one-half to another daughter, with the remaining half to be divided between the life tenant and another child. The life tenant died two years after the testator, leaving the life tenant's father as her sole heir. Action against negligent lawyer permitted despite lack of privity. A beneficiary sued the decedent's lawyer who failed to have a conservatee's will executed before a judge as required by state law.