 every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true intention of the testator. Decisions upon other wills may assist but cannot control the construction.  Lackawanna Jurist - Sida 961926Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1882 - 634 sidor
...subsequent clauses do but add force to this construction. January 30, 1882. THE COURT. Every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...to the testator's wife's niece, of the interest of $1000, " the said sum to be placed on first bond and mortgage well secured, the money to be given after... | |
 | 1904 - 1132 sidor
...are of little weight. Every will, said Chief Justice Sharswood In Fox's Appeal, 99 Pa. 382, "must be construed from its four corners, to arrive at the...may assist, but cannot control, the construction." In the present case there Is no room for doubt as to the actual intent of the testator, Hls -words... | |
 | 1899 - 1134 sidor
...defeat it It was said by Sharswood, J., in Fox's Appeal, 99 Pa. St. 382, that: "Every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...may assist but cannot control, the construction." This is but one of the hundreds of expressions of the cardinal rule in the interpretation of wills... | |
 | 1897 - 1164 sidor
...should be resolved in favor of the devisee. It should also be kept In mind that 'every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...may assist, but cannot control, the construction.' Fox's Appeal, 99 Pa. St 382. Giving due effect to the principles of Interpretation Just mentioned,... | |
 | 1886 - 528 sidor
...SHARSWOOD, in Fox's Appeal, 39 Legal Intett., 296 : "The order in which the devises are made in a will are rarely of much importance. The legacy to the testator's wife's niece of the interest of $1,000, * * * as well as the specific bequest of the old family clock to my oldest nephew or niece living,... | |
 | 1900 - 434 sidor
...always be resolved in favor of the heirs, if the will will bear such a construction. Every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...the testator. Decisions upon other wills may assist 2 lu cannot control the construction. — Plummer vs. New York and Scranton Coal Co., 58. 3. Where... | |
 | 1898 - 250 sidor
...rulingis based upon a fair and proper construction of the language of the whole will. "Every will is to be construed from its four corners, to arrive at the...construction. The order in which devises are made in wills is rarely of much importance;" Fox's Appeal, 99 Pa. 382. The question to be settled in giving... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice, William Lawrence Clark - 1898 - 792 sidor
...should be resolved in favor of the devisee. It should also be kept in rnind that 'every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...may assist, but cannot control, the construction.' (Fox* Appeal, 99 Pa. St. 382.) Giving due effect to the principles of interpretation just mentioned,... | |
 | 1899 - 634 sidor
...to defeat it. It was said by SHARSWOOD, J., in Fox's Appeal, 99 Pa. 382, that "every will is to be construed from its four corners to arrive at the true...wills may assist but cannot control the construction." This is but one of the hundreds of expressions of the cardinal rule in the interpretation of wills,... | |
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