Dickson v. Edwards

Citations

• 263 Pa. 364
• 106 A. 634
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 434

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Presumption—Disposition of whole estate — Construction of will — Disinheriting heir.</p> <p>1. A testator is presumed to have intended to dispose of all of his property.</p> <p>2. The prospective heir to real estate can be disinherited only by express words, or by necessary implication arising from them.</p> <p>3. A will makes no disposition of the testatrix’s real estate, where the only reference to the real estate is in connection with the expression of a wish that some amicable arrangement might be made after testatrix’s death to have her grandchildren brought up in the old home. In the absence of a devise of the particular piece of real estate in question, such arrangement could be made only by her heirs to whom it would descend.</p>