Chambers v. Gilkey

To my mind, the majority has written a will , for Mrs. Gilkey that this unlettered country lady did not even dream of, much less outline on paper, by assigning a legalistic or technical meaning (and that meaning alone) to the word “persnal.” Notwithstanding the strong presumption against intestacy and that, from the mere fact of making a will, the testator has presumptively disposed of his entire estate, the majority, by this rigid interpretation of the words “persnal property,” and the exclusion of surrounding facts and circumstances, has arrived at the following result: (1) That Mrs: Gilkey…