Lee v. Sanson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 399, for plaintiff on case stated in case of Charles M. Lea v. Morris Sanson. Case stated to determine title to property.
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Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 399, for plaintiff on case stated in case of Charles M. Lea v. Morris Sanson. Case stated to determine title to property. Before Davis, J. In addition to the facts set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court, it appeared from the case stated that Charles M. Lea and Charlotte Augusta, his wife, agreed to sell to Morris Sanson, the defendant, the property in dispute; that when plaintiff tendered a deed, defendant refused to accept the same, alleging that the grantors had not a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The question for determination in this case is: Did the plaintiff, Charles M. Lea, take an estate tail enlarged to a fee, or but a life estate?
The testator gave the residue of his estate to his wife *394for life, and directed that at her death the property should he divided into shares. The devise to the plaintiff was as follows: “To my son Charles I devise a life estate in his share, if he shall then be living. Upon his decease his share of said realty shall pass to his descendants who shall then be living, who shall take the same in remainder, in such…
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