Estate of Conway

Citations

• 181 Pa. 156
• 37 A. 204
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 519

Syllabus

<p>Will — Construction of— Use of word ‘ ‘ or Spinster or unmarried nieces.</p> <p>Testator gave his residuary estate to his “ spinster or unmanied nieces, ” six of whom had never been married, two of whom had been married and were widows, and all of whom were actually unmarried at the time of his death. Held, that the word “ or ” was used conjunctively, and both nieces and widows were entitled to share in the residuary estate.</p>