Reel's Estate
Reel's Estate
Opinion of the Court
The testatrix died June 8, 1917, and this appeal is from the decree of the court below ordering the sale of her real estate for the payment of legacies held to be charges on it. After making a number of bequests she blended her whole estate in the residuary clause and gave it to the appellant, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons.
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- Wills — Legacies—Charge on land — Gift of “rest and residue Where a testatrix, after making a number of bequests, blends her whole estate in the residuary clause, and gives it to a lodge of masons, the lands included in the residuary clause become bound by necessary implication for the payment of the legacies; for what the “rest and residue” of the estate will be cannot be ascertained until the debts, legacies and expenses of the administration are paid.