Betts v. Snyder

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Paekee,

This is an appeal from an order of the court below dismissing a bill in equity brought to have certain conveyances of land in Bucks County declared void and to obtain a decree vesting title in said lands in the heirs of Joshua Beans. The bill, after several amendments, sets forth that by the will of Joshua Beans, Esq., admitted to probate in 1895, a life estate in the land in controversy was given to his widow followed by life estates in decedent’s brother and sister-in-law and then by a devise unto his nephew, Joshua Beans, and his niece, Mary Beans (Palmer), “or…