York v. Weber

Citations

• 195 Pa. 140
• 45 A. 681
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 601

Syllabus

<p>Will— Construction.</p> <p>Testator directed as follows: “I give and bequeath all my messuage, lands, tenements and hereditaments .... to my dear wife Trade Weber for life, and after her death, to my granddaughter Minnie Weber of Hyde Park said county and State, I give and bequeath the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid to her on attaining the age of twenty-one years, if living at that time. But if not living my will is that the said sum of two hundred dollars shall sink into, and become and be part of the residue of my personal estate.” Testator further directed that after the death of his wife “his messauge, land, tenement and hereditaments” should be appraised and divided into three equal parts for his three children, naming them. Held, that the granddaughter Minnie took no interest in testator’s lands.</p>