Garrett's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

The question for determination is whether Henrietta E. Garrett, widow of Walter Garrett, took an absolute estate in fee simple under his will, or a life estate with power to use the principal during her life and to dispose of it by power of appointment in her will. The orphans’ court decided that the widow took an absolute estate in fee. A number of the heirs at law of Walter Garrett appeal.

The size of the estate left by Henrietta E. Garrett, fl7,549,642.58, should not becloud the meaning clear to us, of the paragraph in Walter Garrett’s will which is to be…