49 Ala. 71 | Ala. | 1873
— The main question in construing this will is as to the effect of the codicil, which revokes the donation to
The body of the will in this case gives the sum of four thousand dollars to Sallie A. Boyd. This was “ the donation ” to her, before the codicil was added. The manner of its payment, and the fund out of which it was to be paid, were specified in the body of the will. Then, the clause of the will in which this gift was declared not only fixed the amount of the “ donation ” to Mrs. Boyd, but it went further, and designated the mode and time of payment, and the fund out of which it was to be paid. ' The revocation by the codicil only includes “ the donation in the body of ” the will, and substitutes another sum in its stead ; that is, it revokes the gift of four thousand dollars, and gives Mrs. Boyd, in lieu of it, “ a proportionate share with the rest ” of the testator’s nieces; that is, a sum of money, to be ascertained in a manner different from that fixed in the body of the will. The codicil does not revoke the clause of the will making the bequest to Mrs. Boyd, but only “ the donation.” In this connection, the word. “ donation ” means gift simply, and not the clause of the will in which the gift was made. This is all the change that is required to give ef- ■ feet to the codicil. Beyond this limit, this court cannot go. 9 Cush. 291, and authorities, supra. This was the view taken of the case by the learned chancellor in the court below. It was correct.
The chancellor’s decree is not impeached in other respects. It is, therefore, affirmed, with costs.