Roberts v. Lewis

Citations

• 153 U.S. 367
• 14 S. Ct. 945
• 38 L. Ed. 747
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2190

Syllabus

<p>Under a will, by which the testator devises and bequeathes to his wife' “ all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seized, the same . to be and remain hers, with full power, right and authority to dispose of the same as to her shall seem most meet and proper, so long as she shall-remain my widow, upon the express condition, however, that if she should marry again, then it is my will that all of the estate herein bequeathed, or whatever may remain, should go to my surviving children, share and share alike,” the widow has power during widowhood to convey to third persons an estate in fee simple in his lands.</p> <p>Giles v. Little, 104 U. S. 291, overruled; and Little v. Giles, 25 Nebraska, 313, followed.</p>