Witman v. Webner

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This case hinges on the construction to be given to the words in a deed: “the children of the said Ludwig C. Webner now living, or that may hereafter be born to him.”

Ludwig G. Webner and Irene Kalbach were married in October, 1870. A son, James Kalbach Webner, was born to them in July, 1871. On September 16,1871, Ludwig and Irene Webner executed a deed of trust to one J. H. Jacobs wherein they conveyed a property at the southeast corner of Second and Franklin Streets, Reading, which Ludwig had inherited from his father. By the terms of the deed the trustee…