 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1894 - 744 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...harmonious whole." In Re Estate of Gashman, 134 111. 88, 91, 24 NE 963, this court said: "The main object in the construction of a will Is to ascertain the intention of the testator as expressed in the Instrument, and that Intention must prevail unless It is Inconsistent with the... | |
 | 1919 - 1122 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | 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 sider
...Dinsmoor et al. Gen. No. 4,638. 1. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT — how to be construed. The main object in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator as expressed in the instrument, and that intention must prevail unless it is inconsistent with the... | |
 | 1909 - 1374 sider
...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... | |
 | 1912 - 1080 sider
...are members of class to whom testamentary gift is made, to be ascertained. While the primary object in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, and all rules of construction are subordinate to such intention, it is the general rule, based, it... | |
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That the great object of inquiry in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of the testator, that... 
