Manning v. Bader

Citations

• 224 Pa. 575
• 73 A. 939
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 842

Syllabus

<p>Will — Life estate — Devise—Children.</p> <p>1. Prima facie the word “ children ” is a word of purchase and not of limitation, and standing alone without qualification it must be given its ordinary meaning. It will not be construed as a word of limitation unless there is found in the will an intention so to use it. That the first taker had no children when the will was made or when it went into effect does not warrant such a construction where the gift to the children is not immediate but by way of remainder.</p> <p>2. A devise of land to the widow of a deceased son, and after her death to her children, vests only a life estate in the widow, although she had no children when the will was made, or when it went into effect.</p>