Ray v. Alexander

Citations

• 146 Pa. 242
• 23 A. 383
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 1216

Syllabus

<p>A devise of the testator’s residuary estate to a daughter, “ to be held by her in fee-simple: Provided, nevertheless, that in case she should die without leaving lawful issue, then ” to be divided equally among the children of the testator’s brother, imported an indefinite failure of issue, and created an estate-tail enlarged to a fee-simple by § 1, act of April 27, 1855,P. L. 868.</p>