Conlin Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

The question involved may be thus stated: What is the meaning of the words “share equally in money”, considered in connection with the entire will and the circumstances surrounding testatrix when she made it?

Mrs. Conlin committed suicide on November 9, 1952, thirteen days after the death of her husband. She left the following very unusual handwritten document dated November 4, 1952, signed at the end thereof “Irene W. Conlin”:

“One thousand (1000.00)

Trinity Luthern Church, Camp Hill, Pa.

The paper was admitted to probate by the Register of Wills as Mrs. Conlin’s last…