Opinion by
The question presented by the case stated is whether the plaintiff has a title in fee simple to the land to be conveyed by him in the article of agreement, or only a life estate therein under the devise by the will of his father, Patrick McCann, late of the city of Scranton, deceased. If he has a fee simple, the judgment entered by the court below must be sustained, but if he has a life estate only it must be reversed.
The item in the will under which the plaintiff claims title reads as follows: “ 7. I give and bequeath to my son, Michael, on his reaching the age of twenty-one years, a lot of land in the eighth ward, said city of Scranton, on Lackawanna avenue, being number eighteen (18) together with all improvements thereon, also a lot of land on Jefferson avenue, ninth ward, said city, being number eighteen, together with all improvements thereon,, to have and to hold the same for and during his natural life, and at his death, I give and bequeath said property to his next nearest blood relations, share and share alike.” There are other provisions of the will indicating a general scheme of disposition of the testators, which aid interpretation of the clause under consideration. The testator first makes provision for his wife. She is to have a life interest in all his property not otherwise disposed of in his will, and at her death said property is to go absolutely to his four living children and a deceased daughter, share and share alike, the children of the deceased daughter to receive their mother’s interest in equal portions, “ to have and to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns forever.” The fourth item of the will gives the homestead, with the household goods therein contained, to the wife for life, and at her death to the testator’s daughter Genevieve “on her reaching the age of twenty-one years, absolutely to herself, and her heirs and assigns forever.”
Any form of words sufficient to show that the remainder is to go to those whom the law points out as the general or lineal heirs of the first taker will enlarge the estate for life of the first taker to an estate tail by implication: Yarnall’s Appeal, 70 Pa.
We are of the opinion that Michael P. McCann has only a life estate in the lands described in the seventh paragraph of the testator’s will.
Judgment reversed.