BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person
SECTION 96: BEQUEST IN ALTERNATIVE Where a property is bequeathed to a person with a bequest in the alternative to another person or to a class of persons, then, if a contrary intention does not appear by the will, the legatee first named shall be entitled to the legacy if he is alive at the time when it takes effect; but if he is then dead, the person or class of persons named in the second branch of the alternative shall take the legacy.