Dickson Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Samuel Dickson, the testator, died May 28, 1915, leaving by his will his residuary estate in trust to pay one-half the income to his son, Arthur G. Dickson, for his life, and after his death “to assign and transfer one-half of the principal of my estate to the children and issue, if any, of my said son, Arthur G. Dickson, absolutely . . . and if there shall be no children [or issue] of my said son ... living at the time of his death then to assign and transfer [this] share of my said estate . . . to the nieces of my late wife living at the time of my death.”

The life…