Owens v. Citizens & Southern National Bank

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In construing this will it is necessary to determine whether the legacies bequeathed by testator are general, specific, or demonstrative legacies. Our Civil Code (1910), § 3902, provides: “Legacies may be either general or specific. A specific legacy is one which operates on property particularly designated. A gift of money to be paid from a specified fund is nevertheless a general legacy.” In Eedfearn on Wills and Administration of Estates, 266,'it is said: “A demonstrative legacy is one which designates the fund or property from which it is to be…