National Live Stock Bank of Chicago v. Hartman

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 170
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 32

Syllabus

<p>Will — Construction^-Intent derived from, meaning of words.used.</p> <p>The canon of construction in the interpretation of wills, is that the question is not what the testator meant, but what is the meaning of words.</p> <p>A gift to wife “of all my property, real, personal and mixed, to enjoy the same during her natural life,” followed by a restriction that the real estate shall be sold only with consent of coexecutor, and by a clause directing collection of debts and application of interest to maintenance of wife and children, passes an absolute estate in the personalty to the wife.</p>