Langhorne v. Langhorne

We must again decide whether the term “issue”, as used in a will, includes not only descendants of the body, but also descendants through adoption.

The testator, D. Allan Langhorne, died in 1917. He created a testamentary trust for the benefit of his widow and children during their lives, directing that after his wife’s death:

“whenever any one of my said children shall die, leaving issue surviving him, or her, and the youngest of such issue shall attain the age of twenty-one years, then the share, or shares, of my said estate upon which his, her, or their, parent’s income was derived shall…