Putnam v. Jenkins

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• testamentary devises of property need not be described with the accuracy necessary in the case of a deed
• extrinsic evidence is admissible to show the meaning of language employed by the testator or to apply the description in a testamentary instrument to the land actually covered by the description, but is not admissible “to show an intention not otherwise expressed in the writing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).