In re the Estate of Riecke

Wingate, S.

The question of testamentary interpretation here propounded concerns the devolutionary effect of the remainder gift of a trust erected by the second item of the will, of which testatrix’s daughter, Edith, who is still living, is the life beneficiary. The pertinent language reads: “ Upon the death of my said daughter Edith L. Riecke I give and devise said house and premises, or the proceeds of sale, if the house has been sold in her lifetime, to my two sons and to my daughter Minnie A. A. Riecke, to them, their heirs and assigns, forever, absolute, if then living, or to their issue,…