· 1/2/1912
Donovan v. Woodworth
Citations
- 234 Pa. 507
- 83 A. 425
- 1912 Pa. LEXIS 679
Syllabus
<p>Wills — Construction—Life estate — Children—Buie in Shelly’s case.</p> <p>A devise of land to a daughter “to have and to hold for the term of her natural life and at her death to vest in her child or children, if any such survive her, and in the event of her death without child or children,” then over to testator’s sons, creates in the daughter a life estate only.</p>
Judges: Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Moschzisker, Potter, Stewart
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