case BRONSDON against winter Feb see page v young l r Eq one devise the sum of  pound S S stock at the time of make his will he have just pound S S stock he  afterward sell pound of it and threefourths of the residue be turn into  annuity by act of parliament hold the bequest be not specific nor adeemed see  what be say of this case by the master of the roll in inn v Johnson Ves lib  Reg a foe nom Bronsdon v ink at the roll Hilary g partridge and do mich pierce  and Snablin at the roll after mich t sleech c at the roll July or Aug v  jefferys and jefferys saint April Thomas Brondson by will date that August  devise to William and George ink in the word follow the substance only of the  will be give in the register book and not the word item I give devise and  bequeathe unto the say William ink and George ink the sum of pound capital  stock in the south sea company and also two navy bill the one date that  October No for the principal sum of pound S and the other date saint December  No for the principal sum of pound S d and the several sum of money thereon due  which stock and navy bill the testator direct shall be place at interest by  his say trustee for the benefit of his daughter the wife of defendant winter  and her child by any aftertaken husband the testator at the time of make his  will be possess of just pound south sea stock and no more and in February and  march next afterward sell pound part of the pound to several person and on  that June in pursuance of the statute threefourths of the remain pound be  pound be turn into annuity and on that February the testator sell the remain  pound and at his death which happen that August be not ambler possess of any  south sea stock but have make the pound which be turn into annuity pound and  die possess thereof it be also in proof that the testator receive both the  navy bill before his death in course of payment question whether the devise of  the south sea stock and navy bill be to be consider as specific and the same  not be find at the death of the testator in succession it be to be look upon  as a ademption or whether the same ought to be ambler er p make good by  plaintiff one of the executor and residuary legatee in the will out of the  general personal estate Verney master of the roll this be a case of great  consequence and may affect many people property I do not think it be to be  compare to devise of land where the devisor must be seize of the land at the  time of make his will both before and since the statute and also at his death  that be not necessary in respect to personal estate for there the will be only  directory to the executor and until his assent nothing passes there be great  nicety in limit the bind of specific legacy some thing be so specific as to be  satisfy by nothing of the same kind and a man may take any thing specific even  money itself the most general thing as by give the money in such a trunk c it  be insist on the part of the plaintiff that the thing bequeathe not be find in  the succession it amount to a ademption but it be necessary to be satisfy in  conscience that the testator intend a ademption some stress have be lie upon  the word the sum of pound in the will as if by they the testator mean only  that quantity of stock but I think no weight be to be lie on that for if he  have say pound south sea stock that will as much express quantity and any  pound stock will answer this legacy for one stock differ not from another  though one movable do from another and it be admit that if the testator have  have no stock the executor must have buy pound stock which show that any pound  stock will satisfy this bequest the fact as prove be that though nothing  particular ambler be mention in the will to make the legacy of the stock  specific yet the testator at the time of make his will have the precise  quantity of stock here seem the stress of this case but the testator have not  use word to make it specific and if legacy be to be specific or not from the  testator manner of word they and the natural description will have be by word  different from what be here use why shall the court from the circumstance of  the testator have just pound stock determine that he mean that individual  stock as to the pound stock turn into annuity that clear be no ademption be  the act of the law and be so hold in partridge v partridge as to the bequest  of the navy bill they be specifical describe but the testator have give the  money due thereon what can he mean by that but to give the money if they shall  be pay off before his death and as he can not help receive they if the civil  law say the perish of a thing be a ademption can the receive it which be for  the preservation of it be a ademption also if those word and the money thereon  due have be out it will make no difference decree pound stock and value of the  navy bill to be make good out of the testator personal estate a legacy of  stock will be consider as general or specific accord as it may be gather from  the word of the will that the testator intend to give particular stock of  which he be possess or intend mere that the legatee shall live the quantity of  stock mention in the former case the bequest will be specific in the latter  only general in the case of Ashton v Ashton can t Talb Jeffreys v Jeffreys atk  ashburner v macguire bro c c Barton v cook Ves the legacy be hold specific in  the follow case it be hold to be general purse v Snaplin atk partridge v  partridge can t Talb bishop of Peterbro v mortlock bro c c simmons v vallance  bro c c Webster v hale Ves sleech v Thorington Ves Wilson v Brownsmith Ves  dean v test Ves if upon the face of the will the legacy will be presume not to  be specific the court will not travel into a account of the testator effect to  turn it into a specific legacy see in inn v Johnson Ves see selwood v Mildmay  Ves as to the effect of the word my precede the word stock see sleech v  Thorington Ves Drinkwater v falconer Ves purse v Snaplin atk ashburner v  macguire bro c c Barton v cook Ves kerby v porter Ves parrot v Worsfold I W  ambler er p