Corrin v. Elliott

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 449
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 96

Syllabus

<p>Will — Devise—Failure of issue — Buie in Shelley's case.</p> <p>Testator by his will directed as follows: “ I give to my daughter M. lot No. 222, being the lot fronting on Liberty street and on which the new house is built; but, in the event of said M. dying without heirs, then the said lot is to vest in my daughter S. and her heirs.” Held, (1) that the will contemplated an indefinite failure of issue; (2) that M. took an estate tail which by the Act of April 27, 1855, P. L. 368, was converted into an estate in fee simple.</p>