Hults v. Holzbach

Citations

• 233 Pa. 367
• 82 A. 469
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 834

Syllabus

<p>Will — Estate in fee simple — Estate for life — Defeasible fee.</p> <p>Testator in his will directed as follows: “I will and bequeath to my wife all my real and personal estate, including my household and kitchen furniture, so long as she remains my widow. In case my wife should marry again she is to have all that is in the house, two cows and two thousand dollars, and the balance of my real and personal estate, in case my wife should remarry, is to go to my six sisters,” naming them. The widow died without having remarried. Held, that the widow took a defeasible fee, which upon her dying without remarrying became a fee simple absolute.</p>