Dull's Estate

Citations

• 217 Pa. 358
• 66 A. 567
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 716

Syllabus

<p>Will — Legacy—Gift of income — Gift of principal.</p> <p>Where the intent of a testator is to sever the product from its source and make a gift of the former only, a bequest of income will not carry the principal.</p> <p>Testatrix directed as follows: “I give, devise and bequeath to my son, the interest on two thousand dollars, to be paid to him semiannually, the principal to remain properly secured in the farm on which I now reside during his natural life, and at his death the principal shall be paid to his heirs.” Held, that the bequest to the son was a bequest of the income of the fund for life only.</p>