Kreidler's Estate

Citations

• 74 Pa. Super. 63
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 92

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction—JEstate in fee.</p> <p>A testatrix deviged her estate to her husband in the following language :</p> <p>“I give and devise unto my husband Peter E. Kreidler, for himself, his heirs and assigns forever, all my house and lot of ground with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging situate in the said Borough of Bath and County and State aforesaid, together with all other lots of ground and lands belonging to me on the day of my death,......; also paying my funeral expenses and just debts if any will be on the day of my decease; and he may also keep an account of the money he had and may receive of my estate herein this will giving to him, and then order the same or such part that may remain unused by him to be paid after his death unto our son, John Snyder Kreidler, our only issue to himself the said John Snyder Kreidler and to his heirs and assigns forever.”</p> <p>Held, that the estate devised was absolute and unlimited, and the effort to deprive the absolute estate of some of its essential legal attributes failed.</p>