Troxell's Estate

Dissenting Opinion by

Keller, J.:

Until the Act of June 29, 1923, P. L. 914, went into effect, (See Bonsall’s Eat., 288 Pa. 39), if real estate was devised to A. for life, with remainder to the testator’s heirs, the heirs were determined by the intestate laws in force at the testator’s death: Woods’ Appeal, 18 Pa. 478. But if the devise was in trust for A. for life with remainder to the life tenant’s heirs, they were necessarily determined by the law in force at the life tenant’s death. The Act of 1923 made no change in this respect. No one could tell who the heirs of Norman Troxell might be…