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

  1. Blakely v. BlakelySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
  2. Hamrick v. MarionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935

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