Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 25, 1865 (Jauretche v. Proctor)

The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Woodward, C. J.

— It is a conceded point that the 1st article of the testator’s will gave to his wife a fee simple in his real estate, and an absolute estate in his personalty, and the question is, whether the subsequent clauses must be so construed as to cut down her interest to a life estate.