Wellington R. Burt "had one of the more unusual wills in American legal history"

[alexbock]

I learned of the interesting "spite clause" described in the will section of this article while reading about the common law rule against perpetuities, which limits how far into the future wills can operate.

[The word "bizarre" in the title quote has been replaced with "unusual" as HN appears to automatically delete the former word from titles.]