Topeka Orphans' Home Ass'n v. Williams

Citations

• 104 Kan. 316
• 178 P. 616
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 255

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Will — Interpretation — Life Estate to Devisee — Remainder in Fee to this Plaintiff. In a will drawn by the testatrix, eleven items provided in certain contingencies that the bequest or devise should revert to the estate. One gave to an uncle, during his life, the rents from a certain store building — “at his death same to revert back to estate.” In a subsequent clause, she gave “all that remains Of my estate” to plaintiff, the real estate to be sold as should seem advisable, retaining the store building until the last. Held, that the former gave a life estate only in the building, and the latter the fee, and that the intention thus apparent from all the language of the will should be followed.</p>