Denfield

The first question is as to the meaning of the devise in article 4, which is as follows : “ To my sister, Eliza A. Leonard, a home at my house as long as she lives; and I direct that my executors attend to this.”

The testimony which was offered on the one side and on the other of declarations of the testator, as to his wishes and intentions, was rightly excluded. His intentions must be gathered from the will itself, viewed in the light of the existing circumstances. This is now conceded.

The word “ home”’ when made the subject of a devise, is ambiguous, and may mean merely the use of sufficient…