Lyon v. Alexamder

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

The problem to be dealt with is whether the plaintiffs can convey to defendant a fee simple title to the real estate which she has agreed to purchase from them. The solution lies in the construction to be given to a clause in the will of Martha Fleming Byers, mother of plaintiffs, which reads: “Fourth. The real estate I now own on Sewickley Heights, in the County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, which I purchased from D. T. Watson, and which contains about twenty-six (26 A.) acres, I now devise to my daughter, Maude Byers Lyon, for and during her natural…