Von Der Lindte's Estate

94 A. 828, 249 Pa. 220, 1915 Pa. LEXIS 704
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided April 19, 1915·No. Appeal, No. 378·Published·Cited by 3 cases

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The auditing judge and the court below correctly held that the testatrix intended to use the word “proceeds” [223]*223in the last clause of her will in the sense of “income*” and, as she used the word, it must he construed : Roberts’s App., 92 Pa. 407. To give the word its literal meaning, would strike down the intention of the testatrix as clearly expressed in her will and in the codicil added threto on the same day it was signed.

Decree affirmed at appellant’s costs.

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