Bisson v. Gosselin

The essential issue of construction is whether the will effectually disposes of the part of the residue not left to the nieces Anna and Olivine, and if so, whether all the nephews take it or whether it is left to Arthur Bisson as the only nephew anywhere named in the will.

A construction of the residuary clause by which the word “nephew” is read as though it were in the plural instead of the singular, is considered not to accord with the expressed purpose of the testatrix. It would amount to a conjectural, if plausible, conclusion. The testatrix is shown to have had no reason to favor her…