Rank v. Rank

Citations

• 120 Pa. 191
• 13 A. 827
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 471

Syllabus

<p>1. A tract of land was conveyed to a wife to hold unto herself, “her heirs and assigns exclusively of her said husband.” By her will she devised the rents and profits of the land during the life of her husband and the proceeds of its sale at his death to her son and daughter. Held:</p> <p>That, at the death of the wife the land passed subject to the curtesy estate of her husband.</p> <p>2. It is folly for one to convey an absolute estate, and at the same time attempt to impose conditions; the two things are inconsistent and cannot stand together: per Mr. C. Justiee Gordon.</p>