Calder's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Parker,

The question presented on this appeal arose on the distribution of a portion of the estate of Martha Alice Hess Calder, who died testate July 19,1926, and involves a construction of her will. The ultimate question is whether a nephew, Eussell Hess Lindsay, is entitled to the fund for distribution absolutely or is entitled to a life estate only. An auditor and the orphans’ court awarded the fund to Eussell absolutely.

The testatrix, after certain bequests not of importance here, directed her estate to be divided into two equal shares. The one share was disposed of…