Sternbergh's Estate

Citations

• 250 Pa. 167
• 95 A. 404
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 924

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Tested and contingent estates — Illegal accumulations— Distribution — “Survivor”—Act of April 18, 1858, P. L. 508.</p> <p>1. A legacy shall be deemed vested or contingent just as the time shall appear to have been annexed to the gift or the payment of it.</p> <p>2. Where there are no persons under the provisions of a will who are capable of taking illegal accumulations, they are distributable under the intestate law.</p> <p>3. Where testator by will provided that the residue of his estate should be divided when his youngest surviving son attained the' age of twenty-five years, among his widow and certain of his children, “or the survivors of them,” such gift to the widow and children is contingent upon their surviving the period fixed, and the void accumulations created by such provision of the will, are distributable under the intestate law.</p>