Fouke v. Kemp's Lessee , 5 H. & J. 135 ( 1820 )

Buchanan, J.

delivered the opinion of the court, affirm, ing the judgment. He stated, that as the testator, Grove, had children of his own, as well as step-children, the legal construction of his devise was, that his own children only took under it, and that that construction could not be affected by parol proof.