Legal Opinion · Dissent
Hays v. Adair
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 17, 1976No. 20272Published
1DissentLittlejohn, Justice
(dissenting) :
Being of the opinion that the order of the lower court properly carries out the intent of the testator, I respectfully dissent and would affirm.
I am in accord with the circuit judge and would adopt the reasoning of his order, from which I quote extensively as follows:
“It is clear from the above-quoted paragraph [Item 5 quoted in majority opinion] of Mr. Stone’s Will that Mrs. Stone had the right to the use of income during her lifetime; but it is equally clear, from the unambiguous language of *298the very same sentence in the Will by which the right was given her, that she was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Blakely v. BlakelySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Hamrick v. MarionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935