Weltner v. Brown

Citations

• 247 Pa. 79
• 93 A. 24
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 784

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Will and codicil — Construction.</p> <p>Where testator devised six farms to his children, and further devised a vein of coal underlying said lands to his children, in a manner provided, and by a codicil to his will in making reference to the gift of the vein of coal, described it as underlying only two of the said farms, which he specifically named, the gift will be construed to carry the vein of coal underlying said two farms only, especially as it appeared that the gift of all six of the farms was in language sufficiently broad to carry the coal as well as the surface, except for the special gift of therein underlying the farms mentioned. The explanation in the codicil of the language previously used in the will will be read as a part of the will itself.</p> <p>Cruzen v. Boughner, 196 Pa. 12, followed.</p>