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· 5/29/1900

Eby v. Shank

Citations

  • 196 Pa. 426
  • 46 A. 495
  • 1900 Pa. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>Will — Devise—Rule in Shelley's case.</p> <p>A devise to a son for life, and “ if he has no son living at the time of his 'death, then to his heirs and legal representatives ” creates in the son, under the rule in Shelley’s case, an estate in fee simple if he dies without leaving a son living at his death.</p>

Judges: Dean, Green, McCollum, Mestrezat, Mitchell

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