Cox v. Sims
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR. TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 260 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 822 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 4. On June 1, 1888, a case stated was entered between Wilhelmina Sims, as plaintiff, and Alfred S. Cox, as defendant, which set forth as agreed upon by the parties the facts following : 1. Charles Sims died seised, inter alia, of all that certain lot or piece of ground, with the three-story brick messuage or tenement thereon…
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ERROR. TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 260 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 822 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 4. On June 1, 1888, a case stated was entered between Wilhelmina Sims, as plaintiff, and Alfred S. Cox, as defendant, which set forth as agreed upon by the parties the facts following : 1. Charles Sims died seised, inter alia, of all that certain lot or piece of ground, with the three-story brick messuage or tenement thereon erected, situate on the east side of Matlack street, at the distance of ninety-nine feet southward from the south side of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
The only question presented by this case is whether Wilhelmina Sims took a life estate or an estate in fee simple under the will of her husband. The testator gave to his wife all his estate, real and personal, describing her interest therein in these words: “ To have and to hold the same for and during the whole period of her natural life, and from and. immediately after the death of my said wife all the property hereby devised to her as aforesaid, or so much thereof as may remain unexpended, I give, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved children, Charles K., Mary…
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