Roberts v. McKinney

Citations

• 250 Pa. 161
• 95 A. 390
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 922

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction — Vested and contingent estates — Case stated.</p> <p>Where a testator gave a life estate to his widow, with remainder to his children in fee, provided such children survived their minority, and further provided, as to his sons, with a corresponding provision for the daughters, “in the event of the death of one of my sons, I direct that the property willed to him shall be given to the surviving son, in the event of the death of both of my sons, I direct that the property willed to them by me shall he given to my half brother,” the court properly held upon a case stated to determine the title to property conveyed by the widow and the children, without the joinder of the half brother, that the contingency of the death of the children, upon which the estate would go to the half brother, referred exclusively to death in their minority, and all the children having reached their majority, the half brother- had no interest in the estate.</p>