Webb's Estate

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 547
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 470

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction—Division of residue — Children.</p> <p>Where a testator directs that the residue of his estate shall be divided into five equal parts in accordance with an appraisement, and held in trust, to pay to each of his four daughters, naming them, one-fifth of the income for life and after their decease the principal to be paid to their respective children, but if either dies without children then her share to be in like manner held on the same trust for his remaining children, and further directs in a separate clause that one-fifth of the residue shall be assigned after the appraisement to his son, naming him, absolutely, a share of a deceased daughter who dies without children will be divided share and share alike among the four surviving children of the testator, including the son.</p>