Taylor v. Bell
Citations
- 158 Pa. 651
- 28 A. 208
- 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1646
Syllabus
<p>Will — Life estate — Widow—Power of sale.</p> <p>Testator disposed of the residue of his estate as follows: “ To my beloved wife I allow the use as she may deem best the residue of my estate for her own advantage and at her deatli if any of it remain to be equally divided between my three children, Alexander, John and Alice. If it be necessary to pay my debts and the amount devised to my mother that my real estate will need be sold, that that is devised to Alice shall be reserved for her.” Held, that the wife took a life estate in the realty, and not a foe.</p>
Judges: Dean, Gbeen, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Thompson, Williams
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