In re the Estate of Akins

Edward M. Horey, S.

George C. Akins died a resident of Cattaraugus County on August 12, 1961. He left a will which was admitted to probate. The provisions of the will were brief. Paragraph first directed the payment of debts. Paragraphs second and third made bequests of $5,000 and $2,000, respectively, to named relatives. Paragraph seventh consisted of a *949brief disposition of his residuary estate to his sister, Alice Ellison. It is the intervening paragraphs fourth, fifth and sixth which give rise to the petition for construction.

Under paragraph fourth the testator made a devise of "the life…