Bealafeld v. Slaughenhaupt

Citations

• 213 Pa. 565
• 62 A. 1113
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>Parent and child — Illegitimates—Will.</p> <p>Where a man marries a woman with an illegitimate child not his own, and thereafter has seven children by his wife, and subsequently dies leaving a will by which he gives his whole estate to his wife for her life, and upon her death to be divided share and share alike “among her children and mine,” the illegitimate child takes nothing under the will.</p> <p>The word “children” and like words are to be applied only to legitimate children, unless the illegitimate children are otherwise described so as to leave no doubt that they are to be included.</p>