Howlett Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

Michael P. Howlett, a resident of Philadelphia, died on February 21, 1921, leaving a will executed on July 11, 1907, in which he created a trust of his residuary estate for payment of the net income in equal shares to his seven children during their lives, the share of income of any child dying during the continuance of the trust to be paid to such child’s “issue”, or in default of issue, to surviving children and the issue of deceased children.

John J. Howlett, a son died on September 28, 1947, during the lifetime of the trust, leaving no issue of the body but an…