Estate of Lippincott

Citations

• 173 Pa. 368
• 34 A. 58
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 711

Syllabus

<p>Will — •“ Personal effects ” — Ejusdem generis — Construction of will.</p> <p>When a testator enumerates particular kinds of chattels and couples with them the word “ effects,” or equivalent words, the generality of his expression is to be restricted to such species of property as are ejusdem generis with the particular words.</p> <p>A bequest of “my jewelry, wearing apparel, and personal effects, except such of the same as are herein otherwise disposed of,” does not include furniture in the testator’s dwelling, where the excepted articles. “ otherwise disposed of” were associated with the person of the testator.</p>