Grimes v. Shirk
Citations
- 169 Pa. 74
- 32 A. 113
- 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1072
Syllabus
<p>Will — Rule in Shelley's case — Life estate.</p> <p>Testator directed as follows: “I give and devise to my adopted daughter Hester .... all that certain messuage .... for and during the term of her natural life. And after the death of my said adopted daughter, I give and devise the reversion or remainder of the real estate herein devised to her, to her lawful issue, to have and to hold the same in common to them, their heirs and assigns forever. And in ease the said Hester should die without leaving lawful issue, then the aforesaid real estate shall revert to my estate, and I give and devise the same to my heirs under the intestate laws.” Held, that Hester took an estate in fee in the land devised to her.</p>
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Judges: Dean, Fell, Mitchell, Sterrbtt, Williams
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