Supreme Court of Virginia January 15, 1875 (Wood v. Sampson's Ex'or)

STAPLES, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The court is of opinion, that whether general pecuniary legacies are chargeable on real estate is always a question of intention ; that this intention is to be ascertained, not by parol proof of the declarations of the testator, but by reference, as in other cases, to the provisions of the will and the circumstances surrounding *its author.