Jones v. Cable
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October Term, 1886, No. 165. Ejectment for the undivided three fourths of the undivided one half of one hundred and thirty-three acres of land situated in Allegheny county brought by Samuel J. Jones and Hattie Jones his wife, in right of said Hattie Jones, George L. Rose and.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October Term, 1886, No. 165. Ejectment for the undivided three fourths of the undivided one half of one hundred and thirty-three acres of land situated in Allegheny county brought by Samuel J. Jones and Hattie Jones his wife, in right of said Hattie Jones, George L. Rose and. Jessie O. Rose his wife, in right of said Jessie C. Rose, Joseph C. Reed, William McClure, executor of Sarah McClure his deceased wife, in right of heirs of said Sarah McClure, John Portsmouth and Eliza Portsmouth in light of said Eliza Portsmouth, against…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
John Cable, the testator, devised his farm to his two sons iu the following words: “I give and bequeath unto my two sons John and Edward Cable, all my farm after my death to them as long as they do live, and after their death to their children,” etc.
Our construction of this will is that John and Edward take a life estate, with remainder to their children as purchasers, upon the death of the survivor. It is plain that this was the intention of the testator, for the devise over to the children does not take effect until after “their” death, which evidently means the death of the survivor. It is…
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