Briggs v. Caldwell

Citations

• 236 Pa. 369
• 84 A. 823
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 760

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction — Trust and trustees — Life estate — Estate in fee — Power to sell.</p> <p>A devise of an interest in the residue of an estate to a trustee for testator’s daughter “with full power to sell and receive moneys, retain and pay to her her portion of my estate in accordance with this will, and as he may think best, also to have power to sell real estate and make deeds of the same,” followed by a gift over, after the death of the daughter, of “whatever remains of real estate or personal property,” does not give to the daughter an absolute fee, but what remains of the trust estate passes after her death under the will of the testator.</p>