Johnson's Estate

Citations

• 170 Pa. 177
• 32 A. 636
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1380

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Will — Legacy—Gift of shares of stock.</p> <p>Testator by his will directed as follows: “ And the income of my Harrisburg Gas Stock for six years after my death I.give and bequeath to James P. Johnson and after that period I give and bequeath the said Gas Stock to the extent of six thousand dollars ($6,000) to be equally divided among the said four children of the said James P. Johnson share and share alike, and the balance to the general missionary fund of the United Presbyterian Church.” Held, that testator intended to give gas stock specifically as such to the amount of six thousand dollars measured by its par value, and that he did not intend to give six thousand dollars in money.</p>