 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1835 - 632 pages
...maybeiak j _. .... .en into con legatees, the affections subsisting between them, the motives sideiation.* which may reasonably be supposed to operate with him, and to influence him in the disposition of Ilis property, are all entitled to consideration in expounding doubtful words, and ascertaining the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 722 pages
...Morrison v. Tyler, 266 111. 308, quotes with approval from this same case the following (p. 319) : "The ties which connect the testator with his legatees,...affection subsisting between them, the motives which reasonably may be supposed to operate with him and to influence him in the disposition of his property,... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 616 pages
...descent and distribution provide for the descent of property and its equal distribution. Consequently the ties which connect the testator with his legatees,...affection subsisting between them, the motives which may be reasonably supposed to operate with him and influence him in the disposition of his property, are... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 640 pages
...to be collected from his words ; and ought to be carried into effect if they be consistent with law. In the construction of ambiguous expressions, the...of the parties may very properly be taken into view ; and where there are two intents, inconsistent with each other, that which is primary will control... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1262 pages
...that the intention of the testator shall prevail, provided it be consistent with the rules of law. In the construction of ambiguous expressions, the...may reasonably be supposed to operate with him and influence him in the disposition of his property, are all entitled to consideration in expounding doubtful... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1314 pages
...be collected from his words, and ought to be carried Into effect If they be consistent with the law. In the construction of ambiguous expressions the situation...the parties may very properly be taken Into view." Further: "No rule is better settled than that the whole will Is to be taken together, and Is to be... | |
 | William Mark McKinney - Law - 1921 - 1328 pages
...property,16 and his relations to his family 1J and to the beneficiaries named in the^ will.18 Even the motives which may reasonably be supposed to operate with him and influence him in the disposition of his property are entitled to consideration in ascertaining the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1124 pages
...be collected from his words, and ought to be carried into effect, If they be con7 eistent with law. "In the construction of ambiguous expressions, the...influence him in the disposition of his property, arc all entitled to consideration, in expounding doubtful words, and ascertaining the meaning in which... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 958 pages
...their meaning as used by him. In the language of Chief Justice Marshall (Smith v. Bell, 6 Peters, 74) : 'In the construction of ambiguous expressions the...them; the motives which may reasonably be supposed to opOpinion. erate with him and to influence him in the disposition of his property, are all entitled... | |
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In the construction of ambiguous expressions the situation of the parties may very properly be taken into view. The ties which connect the testator with his legatees, the affection subsisting between them, the motives which may reasonably be supposed... 
