16 Pa. 504 | Pa. | 1851
The opinion of the court, filed July 3, was delivered by
Words may be transposed in accordance with the context of a will, to supply a member in a devise or bequest which would else be imperfect; but the gifts, in this instance, are separately intelligible and complete. No case resembles the present in circumstances; and we are to construe the clauses of it according to their evident meaning, without regard to precedents
Judgment of the Common Pleas reversed, and judgment by this court for the plaintiff.