Gibbons's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

When Michael Gibbons’ will was before this court for interpretation, the question involved seemed definitely predicated on the disposition of the residuary estate on the termination of the trust, created for the lives of his wife and children. In that case, Gibbons v. Connor, 220 Pa. 395, while it did not definitely rule that the testator did not dispose of the corpus of his estate and that as to it he died intestate, the question was before the court.

The facts there presented were: A son of testator brought partition proceedings after the death of his mother…