Estate of Hoopes

Citations

• 185 Pa. 172
• 39 A. 888
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 687

Syllabus

<p>Will — Lapsed legacy.</p> <p>Testator, after making several pecuniary bequests, directed as follows: “ In case any one to whom I have herein named (or made) a bequest shall not survive to receive his or her portion, and shall leave no child or children to inherit it, the share of any or all such legatees shall revert to my estate.” Held, that where a legatee died in testator’s lifetime, the children of the legatee are not entitled to participate in the distribution of testator’s estate.</p> <p>Will — Appeal from, probate — Personal property.</p> <p>An appeal from a decree probating a will taken five years, less a day, after the probate, is too late as to the personal estate of the testator.</p>