Long v. Stout

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This case involves the right of a life tenant to convey property under a power conferred by will.

James Thompson died January 29, 1907, seized of a certain tract of land containing 30 acres situated in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, which was used as a farm. This farm contained also a vein of unmined coal called the “Upper Freeport.” Thompson bequeathed and devised his entire estate by a provision in his will, Avhich reads: “First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eliza all my estate, real, personal and mixed of every kind wheresoever the same…