Wootten's Appeal

Citations

• 239 Pa. 385
• 86 A. 877
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 575

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction—Residuary estate — Legacy by name — Prior death of legatee — Lapse—Failure of heirs — Intestacy—Escheat.</p> <p>A testatrix, who died without heirs or next of kin, by will left part of the residuum of her estate to one of two sisters, by name, and not as a member of a class of children. The legatees died in the lifetime of testatrix. Held, that the bequest lapsed and es-cheated to the Commonwealth.</p>