Sommers v. Doersam

Is there a latent ambiguity in the will of Philip Knell, deceased, disclosed by the extrinsic evidence in this record, which shows that the testator’s intent was to make the plaintiff in error his residuary beneficiary?

The second item of the will, in which it is claimed the latent ambiguity exists, is as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real, personal and mixed, to my beloved wife, Maggie Knell, so long as she remains unmarried and if she has remained unmarried until her death and has legally adopted a child or children of her own blood relation or of the blood…