Estate of Rouser

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 188
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>Will — Construction—Intent—Four corners — Extrinsic circumstances.</p> <p>The intent of the testator must be gathered from the will itself and where there is no ambiguity in the terms of the will a doubt suggested by extraneous circumstances cannot be permitted to affect its construction.</p> <p>A bequest was to the “ Methodist Episcopal Church to be used by said denomination for the spread and furtherance of the gospel.” Held, that the words of the will demanded no extrinsic evidence to demonstrate the intent of the testator, which is disclosed, to designate the Methodist Episcopal Church as a denomination and not the Methodist Episcopal Church of Coraopolis, a local body or congregation.</p>