Gillmer v. Daix

Citations

• 141 Pa. 505
• 21 A. 659
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1093

Syllabus

<p>(a) A will provided as follows : “ I give and bequeath to my son, . . . . all my real and personal estate. Should he die without leaving to any person, then to my brother.....during his life; after his death, to all the children and grandchildren of my sister-in-law, .... : ”</p> <p>1. The first sentence quoted gave a fee-simple to the son in the testatrix’s real estate, not to be taken away by the words of doubtful meaning in the second, which, whether they were merely precatory or imposed a condition, were inoperative and void as to the devise.</p>