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SPRANKLE VS. COMMONWEALTH

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania1884-05-09No. No. 70
2 Walk. 420

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Opinion

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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Common Pleas on the 9th May, 1884 in the following opinion :

Per Curiam.

■ We think the Court correctly found that Peter Sprankle tooli a fee in the lands devised to him. Such is the clear import of, the devise in the first clause of- the will. The subsequent par- . ticular intent to limit his power to devise, cannot be held to-defeat the fee previously granted. When the two ax-e in appai’ent conflict, the lesser must give way to the general intent giviiig; a greater estate in clear terms. Judgment affirmed.