Springer v. Cox

Quillian, Justice.

1. We can not sanction the construction placed on the will by the trial judge that the testator had no intention to create a trust. “In the construction of wills precedents are of but little or doubtful value, since no two wills are alike and each is a law unto itself. . . It is the duty of the court to ascertain the intention of the testator, and give effect thereto, unless it violates some fixed rule of law, and in ascertaining the intention of the testator, sentences may be transposed, connecting conjunctions changed, and omitted words supplied.” Davant v. Shaw, 206 Ga.…