Binkley's Estate

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

We are in no doubt about the meaning of this will, read in the light of the familiar rule that the intention of the testator must be ascertained by considering the will as a whole: Hollinshead’s Estate, 273 Pa. 573, 576. He died without issue, survived by a widow. He also left a number of brothers and sisters and a niece, Alice Binkley, who was the daughter of a deceased brother.

Testator was a physician. His will and codicil apparently drawn with care, cover a number of printed pages. In the earlier paragraphs he gives various legacies, in some cases all payable at once, in…