Logan v. Wiley

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Steaene,

This action in ejectment requires construction of the following clause in the will of Mary Louise Horn: “7. I give, devise and bequeath to Paul M. Wiley, of Washington, Pennsylvania, the property known as the ‘Daune Building’ on South Main Street, Washington, Pennsylvania, . . . .”

Do these words constitute a clear description of the realty devised, or is the description ambiguous?

A latent ambiguity, contra-distinguished from a patent ambiguity, can only be developed by extrinsic and collateral circumstances: Metzger's Estate, 222 Pa. 276, 71 A. 96;…