Lewis v. Link-Belt Co.

Citations

• 222 Pa. 139
• 70 A. 967
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 665

Syllabus

<p>Will — Dying without issue — Failure of issue — Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 213.</p> <p>Under the Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 213, a devise to a person during his natural life, and then to his issue, “but in the event of the death of the devisee without issue,” then over, the words “death without issue,” •are to be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime, or at the death of the devisee, and not an indefinite failure, and the devisee takes a life estate and not a fee under the rule in Shelley’s case.</p>