Stayman v. Paxson

Citations

• 221 Pa. 446
• 70 A. 803
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 509

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Devise—Buie in Shelley’s case — Estate in fee simple.</p> <p>Testator devised to his grandchildren a farm at a valuation stated “ from which they will receive the income after the death of grandmother, and at their death it will descend to their issue.” The land thus devised was charged to its full rental value in favor of the grandmother for her life. Held, that the word “issue” meant “heirs of the body,” and that an estate tail was created which, by the act of 1855 was enlarged into a fee.</p>