Bisson v. . W.S.R.R. Co.

In the construction of wills, the court must look for something which will exhibit the intention of the testator; either actually, or so suggestively as to permit it to be inferred.

If the instrument is silent as to intention and stands as a mere expression of a will, effect must be given to it according to those rules, which, from long acquiescence, have acquired the force of authority. The present seems to be such a case. We are without any indication as to the intentions of the testator in making this disposition of his realty, other than in the particular clause of the will itself.

Therefore…