Case Name: Reeder's Estate
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1916-05-15
Citations: 254 Pa. 85
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 130
Parties: Reeder’s Estate.
Judges: Before Brown, C. J., Mestrezat, Potter, Stewart and Moschzisker, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 85–86

Head Matter:
Reeder’s Estate.
Wills — Construction—Vested and contingent remainders.
Where a testator provided by will “To my wife......I bequeath the entire balance of my property, both real and personal, to use as she sees fit, for which no bonds shall be required or given, and if, at her death anything shall be left, said remaining property shall be divided equally between my three children,” naming them, and one of the children died during the lifetime of the widow, the lower court properly held that such child took a vested remainder upon the death of her father, liable to be divested by the widow’s .consumption if she should have chosen to exercise the power given her to consume.
Argued April 25, 1916.
Appeal, No. 130, Jan. T., 1916, by Texie E. Reeder, from decree of O. C. Erie Co., Nov. T., 1915, No. 23, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Samuel T. Reeder, deceased.
Before Brown, C. J., Mestrezat, Potter, Stewart and Moschzisker, JJ.
Affirmed.
Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before WhittelSEY, J.
Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court.
Tbe court dismissed exceptions to tbe report of tbe auditor. Texie E. Reeder appealed.
Erre»■ assigned was in dismissing exceptions to tbe auditor’s report.
L. E. Torry, for appellant.
C. C. Eaton, of Marsh & Eaton, for appellee.
May 15, 1916:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
After a bequest to two of bis children tbe testator provided as follows: "To my wife Mrs. Mary Louise Reeder I bequeath tbe entire balance of my property both real estate and personal, to use as she sees fit for which no bonds shall be required or given and if, at her death anything shall be left said remaining property shall be divided equally between my three children namely, Texie Eleanor Reeder, Sarah Louise Reeder and Prentice Alfred Reeder." Sarah Louise Reeder married Clarence R. Knowlton, the appellee, and died during the lifetime of the widow of the testator. That she took a vested remainder was the correct conclusion of the court below. It vested upon the death of her father, liable to be divested by the widow's consumption if she should have chosen to exercise the power given her to consume.
Appeal dismissed and decree affirmed at appellant's costs.