Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April 5, 1817 (Evans v. Brittain)

Tilghman C. J.

The question in this case, turns upon a devise, in the will of James Evans, deceased, uncle of the plaintiff, made in the year 1772. The testator gave all his real estate, consisting of about 86 acres of land in Bueks county, to his wife for her life, and after her decease, as follows, viz.