 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1894 - 744 pages
...Code, § 1824. It is a legal truism, that the cardinal rule, — the one above all other rules, — for the construction of a will is, to ascertain the intention of the testator and give it effect. Wills are often drawn by persons very unskilled in the use of language, and are... | |
 | South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand - 1920 - 648 pages
...SE 715.) 1. WILLS — OBJECT OF CONSTRUCTION Is TO ASCERTAIN TESTATOR'S INTENTION. — The object of construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, which, when ascertained, must be carried into effect, unless the intent violates some rule of law.... | |
 | 1879 - 552 pages
...MUKLLER, JULIUS KRi'Sfii." Proved May 18th, 1869, and admitted to probate. The object of all courts in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator when it is possible. It unfortunately happens that when wills are written by persons unskilled, not... | |
 | 1910 - 1206 pages
...(Supreme Court of Illinois. Dec. 22, 1909.) 1. WILLS (§ 440*) — CONSTRUCTION — INTENTION OF TESTATOB. The main object in the construction of a will is to ascertain testator's intention as expressed in the instrument which intention must prevail, unless inconsistent... | |
 | 1889 - 956 pages
...the said last will and testament of Spencer Hitch, Sr., deceased. That the great object of inquiry in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, that such intention must be ascertained from the language of the whole will, and, when so ascertained,... | |
 | 1919 - 1122 pages
...their consideration se|>arately in this opinion ; but suffice it to say that the primary purpose for the construction of a will Is to ascertain the intention of the testator, and, when this Intention Is ascertained, it controls, to the exclusion of any rules of construction.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1913 - 694 pages
...becomes necessary to construe said clause of the will, without regard to such provision. The purpose of construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator from the language used as it appears from consideration of the entire instrument, and, when such intention... | |
 | Henry Budd, Ardemus Stewart - 1896 - 828 pages
...question was not submitted to the jury. The chief end to be attained in arriving at a just and equitable construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, as expressed in the words of the will. All rules of construction should bend to this, the prime object of the investigation.... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1907 - 716 pages
...that time, also leads to the conclusion that he intended the notes to follow the devise of the land. The main object in the construction of a will is to...prevail, unless it is inconsistent with the rules of law. No clause in the will should be disregarded, but each must be considered with the other provisions.... | |
 | 1909 - 1374 pages
...wife, Susan K. Gano, as provided in second clause of this, my last will and testament." The purpose of the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, which intention 'must be found in the words of the will itself, as applied to the subjects and objects... | |
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