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WALKER ESTATE

376 Pa. 16 (1954)

Walker Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Garfield Houston, with him J. Henry O'Neill, Park J. Alexander, Thomas Watson and Robert L. Kirkpatrick, for appellants.

William H. Eckert, with him James E. MacCloskey, Jr. and Smith, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald & Eckert, for appellant.

Elder W. Marshall, with him Edmund K. Trent, William A. Seifert and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J. STEARNE, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, January 4, 1954:

These appeals require a construction of the will of John Walker, deceased, with particular reference to a phrase in the tenth item. That item makes provision for testator's son, Henry. The phrase reads: "if he survives my wife and me". Upon the audit of the trustees' account the auditing judge ruled that the phrase had reference only to the son's life estate and all other dispositions in the item were...

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