Estate of Mehard

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 336
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>Will — Interpretation—Equality among children.</p> <p>It is a well-established rule of law that, in all efforts to reconcile statements in wills of decedents or to interpret the meaning of the same, it must be done with the great object in view, — that of equality among the children.</p> <p>Specific bequests having been made to grandchildren which aggregate the full distributive share that would have passed to their parent if living, these grandchildren are not entitled to share in the residuary estate under the following clause: “And lastly, all the residuary is to be divided equal.”</p>