Lockhart's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaerer,

In this proceeding we are called upon to construe the will of Josephine Lockhart. The court below determined that in certain features it violates the rule against perpetuities and awarded the estate under the intestate laws. It is contended by the various appellants that this adjudication is wrong.

It has been said that no will has a brother. It is doubtful whether this one has even more distant relatives. Its complexities have bothered counsel and courts in the past (see Lockhart’s Est., 267 Pa. 390) and still continue to do so. We are now asked to determine…