Harrison v. Harris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., No. 470, Dec. T., 1913, on case stated in case of John Harrison, Elizabeth A. Burnett, Henrietta Fosenkrant, Jane Bechtold, James Harrison, and Elizabeth Harrison, Guardian ad litem of Edward Harrison, Anna Harrison, Mable Thomas Harrison, Lucy Harrison and Jessie Harrison, being all the heirs of Mathew Harrison, deceased, v. A. H. Harris. Case stated to determine the title to real estate.
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Appeal, No. 116, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., No. 470, Dec. T., 1913, on case stated in case of John Harrison, Elizabeth A. Burnett, Henrietta Fosenkrant, Jane Bechtold, James Harrison, and Elizabeth Harrison, Guardian ad litem of Edward Harrison, Anna Harrison, Mable Thomas Harrison, Lucy Harrison and Jessie Harrison, being all the heirs of Mathew Harrison, deceased, v. A. H. Harris. Case stated to determine the title to real estate. Before Woodward, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.' The court entered judgment in favor of the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The question for determination in this case is: Hid Mathew Harrison take an estate in fee-simple or but a life-estate?
The testator devised to his wife, who is now dead, all his property for life, including the real estate here in controversy; he then provided: “After the death of my said wife, I give, bequeath and devise to my son, John Green, and to the son of my wife, Mathew Harrison, the use and income of all my estate, real and personal, share and share alike, for and during the term of their natural lives. In case of the decease of one of said sons, the…
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