Estate of Siddall

Citations

• 180 Pa. 127
• 36 A. 570
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 888

Syllabus

<p>Will — Perpetuities—Tested estate — Trusts and trustees.</p> <p>A will gave an estate to executors in trust to pay the net income to the daughters for life with direction that “at their decease” it shall “be -equally divided among their children who may be then living, and the issue of any deceased child or children, whether herein named or not, as ■they arrive at the legal age.” Held, (1) that the estates to the grandehildren vested at the expiration of the estates given to the daughters;</p> <p>(2) that the will created no perpetuity; (3) that the trust should be preserved for the protection of the future interests.</p>