Hannon v. Fliedner

Citations

• 216 Pa. 470
• 65 A. 944
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 844

Syllabus

<p>Will — Estate tail — Estate in fee.</p> <p>Testator after giving a life estate to ,his wife and sister-in-law directed as follows: “After the decease of my wife and my sister-in-law and the termination of the life estates to them herein before mentioned, and subject to the same, I give, devise and bequeath to. my-daughter, her heirs and assigns all my property, real,- personal- and mixed, of every kind and description, but in case of the .decease, of -my said daughter, without lawful issue surviving her, then and in such case I give, deyise and bequeath all my property and estate of every description, real, personal and mixed to my son-in-law, his heirs arid assigns- forever.” Iield,' that the daughter, surviving her father, took- an. estate tail which under -the .Act of April 27, 1855, P. L. 368, was converted- into.an estate, in fee-simple.</p>