Patanska v. Kuznia

The determination of the main question presented depends upon the nature of the legacies bequeathed by the third clause of the will — whether they were intended to be specific legacies, confined to the testator's savings accounts, or general or demonstrative legacies of definite sums of money which, at the time of the execution of the will, happened to be in banks.

In determining the question, consideration must be given to the whole will; to the circumstances under which it was prepared and executed; to the situation in which the testator then was as regards his property; to the relation and…