Seitz v. Pier

Citations

• 154 Pa. 467
• 25 A. 799
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 917

Syllabus

<p>Will — Life estate — Fee simple.</p> <p>Testator gave all his estate real and personal to his wife during her natural life, to have and control the same and receive all the rents and revenue of the aforesaid estate, and after her death, to his sons, Daniel and George, “ the whole of the aforesaid property to them and to their heirs forever, to be equally divided between them, share and share alike.” A codicil directed as follows : “In order to prevent any strife or contention, and make more definite the division of my property on the demise of my widow, it is my desire and I do hereby bequeath the whole of the estate to the said Daniel Seitz and George Seitz (both real and personal), and each to have and possess one-half, and said Daniel Seitz’s share to be equally divided among his, the said Daniel’s children, and the other, or George Seitz’s share to be equally divided between them, his, the said George’s children.” Held, that there was nothing in the codicil showing an intent to cut down the fee previously given to the sons.</p>