Wilkinson v. Chambers

Citations

• 181 Pa. 437
• 37 A. 569
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 563

Syllabus

<p>Will — Construction of — Fee simple estate.</p> <p>Testator by his will gave certain specifically described real estate to his wife as follows: “1 give to my wife for a home my one half undivided interest in the real estate on which I now reside.” Testator had other real estate, and in his will he gave his executors a general power to sell real estate. Held, that the wife took an estate in fee simple in the lands specifically devised to her.</p>