Gay Estate

Hunter, J.,

Deborah A. Gay died March 29,1915, and by her will gave certain annuities and income to her children and grandchildren. At the death of the survivor of her six children on June 5, 1931, the will was construed to create trusts of $25,000 each for .15 grandchildren for their lives respectively, and to give the residue of the estate to these same grandchildren absolutely. See Gay’s Estate, 310 Pa. 11.

No citation of authority is necessary to show the absolute preference of these legacies over the gift of residue, and this preference was clearly expressed in the adjudication of Van…