Cassidy's Estate

Citations

• 224 Pa. 199
• 73 A. 204
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 755

Syllabus

<p>Will — Codicil—Gift to widow — Power cf appointment.</p> <p>Where a testator gives all of his estate absolutely to his wife, and appoints her executrix, but later owing to her mental condition he makes a codicil appointing another person as executor, and directing such person as trustee to use the income of the estate for the support and maintenance of his wife, and after her death to dispose of the estate as she shall by will direct, the estate upon the death of the wife intestate, goes to the heirs and next of kin of the wife and not to those of the husband.</p>