 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1817 - 398 strani
...in the residuary bequest, and it is not a particular charge on the land. Argument for the defendant. In the construction of a will, the intention of the testator is the sole guide ; but that intention is to be discovered according to those rules which the law has... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Dowling, Archer Ryland - 1824 - 884 strani
...the whole freehold, and an absolute estate in the whole leasehold. It may safely be admitted, 1823. that in the construction of a will, the intention of the testator v "*"v^ must be regarded ; and that where the general intent is inTHWA'ITB consistent with the particular... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1858 - 708 strani
...court, as shown in the history of thia cause. JOHNSON et al. v. MAYNE et al, Trustees of ME Church. In the construction of a will, the intention of the testator is the first consider, ation; and in ascertaining that intention, the whole context of the will, is to... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1911 - 662 strani
...title. Lessee of Bentley's Heirs v. Deforest, 2 Ohio, 222; Lessee of Hall v. Ashby, 9 Ohio, 96. The rule that in the construction of a will the intention of the testator as gathered from the will should prevail needs no consideration. These two sisters were maiden ladies... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit), William Searcy Flippin - 1881 - 754 strani
...testator's intention, if any existed, of executing the power. The general rule is well known, that in construction of a will the intention of the testator is to govern, as gathered from all parts of the will. 1 Redf. on Wills, 431-434; Allison v. Chancy, ante, v. 4, p.... | |
 | 1883 - 632 strani
...(with him Samuel H. Orwig), for appellees. May 15, 1882. THE COURT. It is an elementary principle, that, in the construction of a will, the intention of the testator must govern, and to this intention, when fairly discovered, technical language, and even the ordinary... | |
 | 1886 - 892 strani
...are too uncertain and indefinite to be capable of being carried into effect It is a familiar doctrine that in the construction of a will the intention of the testator is the first and great object of inquiry, and the law will not suffer the intention to be defeated merely... | |
 | 1889 - 956 strani
...except by express words in the will, or by necessary implication arising from them; and the second is that, in the construction of a will, the intention of the testator, as expressed in it, and collected from the whole of it, must prevail, provided it can be carried into... | |
 | 1891 - 1266 strani
...This supplying of words to effectuate the manifest intention is allowable under the well-known rule "that In the construction of a will the intention of the testator, apparent on th& will itself, must govern; and that, in order to effectuate that intention, as collected... | |
 | 1912 - 1204 strani
...same was signed by her, was not denied by the appellant. We have a number of decisions to the effect that, "in the construction of a will, the intention of the testator, as therein expressed, shall prevail over all other considerations, if consistent with the principles... | |
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... that, in the construction of a will, the intention of the testator, as expressed in it, and collected from the whole of it, must prevail, provided it can be carried into effect... 
