Seigworth's Estate

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 235
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 306

Syllabus

<p>Will — Construction—Life estate — Gift to wife with power to consume.</p> <p>Where a testator gives and bequeaths all his “property real and personal” to his wife, and such provision is followed by gifts of money legacies to sons payable after the wife’s death, and this is followed by a clause as follows: “I also request what part of my estate real and personal is left after the death of my said wife and the bequests heretofore mentioned paid, shall be divided equally,” among certain of his children naming them, the gift to the wife is to be construed as a gift for life with power to consume the principal, if necessary.</p>