 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 páginas
...it is the first and great rule in the exposition of wills, and to which all other rules must bend, that the intention of the testator expressed in his will shall prevail, provided it be continent viith the rulet of law „• that is, provided it can be effectuated consistently with the... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1835 - 632 páginas
...a future provision for his son. Jesse Goodwin took a vested remainder in the personal estate. It is the first and great rule in the exposition of wills, to which all rules must bend, that the intention of the testator expressed in the will shall prevail, provided it be consistent with... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 338 páginas
..."it is the first and great rule in the exposition of wills, and to which all other rules must bend, that the intention of the testator expressed in his...provided it be consistent with the rules of law." See 2 Wend. Black. 380, note 17. Did the testator mean to vest in Charles K. Miller the unqualified... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 652 páginas
...remainder that would come into possession on the death of said Elizabeth, or was said remainder void ? " The first and great rule in the exposition of wills, to which all other rules must bend, is that the intention of the testator expressed in his will shall prevail, provided... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1866 - 722 páginas
...Reed, for the appellees. 1. In the exposition of wills, the great and first rule to which all other rules must bend, is, that the intention of the testator...prevail, provided it be consistent with the rules of law. Smith v. Bell, 6 Pet. 75; Homer v. Shelton, 2 Met . 198; Hodgson v. Ambrose, 1 Doug. 342. 2. It was... | |
 | 1871 - 874 páginas
...object of the testator's bounty or the subject of disposition, parol evidence may be received to enable the court to identify the person or thing intended....his will, shall prevail, provided it be consistent frith the rules of law. This principle is asserted in the construction of every testamentary disposition.... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1909 - 588 páginas
...first and great rule in the exposition of wills," said Chief Justice Marshall, "to which all other rules must bend, is that the intention of the testator...provided it be consistent with the rules of law." (Smith v. Bell, 6 Pet. 75, 8 L. Ed. 325 ; Finlay r. King, 3 Pet. 327, 7 L. Ed. 712.) "In construing... | |
 | 1899 - 962 páginas
...which all other rules must bend, as stated by Chief Justice Marshall In Smith v. Bell, 6 Pet. 68, 75, Is that 'the Intention of the testator expressed In...consistent with the rules of law. * * * This principle is generally asserted In the construction of every testamentary die- я position. It IB emphatically the... | |
 | 1894 - 1266 páginas
...which all other rules must bend, as stated by Chief Justice Marshall in Sinitli v. Bell, 6 Pet. 68, Is that "the intention of the testator expressed In...consistent with the rules of law. This principle is generally asserted in the construction of every testamentary disposition. It Is emphatically the will... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1894 - 782 páginas
...which all other rules must bend, as stated by Chief Justice Marshall in Smith v. Bell, 6 Pet. 68, 75, is, that " the intention of the testator expressed...consistent with the rules of law. This principle is generally asserted in the construction of every testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will... | |
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The first and great rule in the exposition of wills, to which all other rules must bend is, that the intention of the testator, expressed In his will, shall prevail, provided it be consistent with the rules of law. 
