Swope Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

This appeal concerns the construction of a holographic will, a photographic copy of which is as follows :

*496Testator died February 20, 1954. He left to survive him as his only heirs two sons, John and Paul. According to the audit of the executor’s account, the estate consists of $16,517.80. The auditing judge awarded the net estate to the two sons. Donald Swope, testator’s nephew, contends that he should have been awarded a pecuniary legacy of $5,000. The pivotal question in construing the will is the meaning of the letters “stieial”. Judge Bowman, in his…