Langille v. Norton

I respectfully dissent from the Court’s decision to void the provision of Paul Norton’s will devising a remainder interest in certain of his real and personal property to his niece, Lillier E. Langille. We have repeatedly said that “[t]he intention of the testator, collected from the language of the whole instrument interpreted in light of the manifest object of the testator, guides the construction of [a] will.” Estate of Hardy, 609 A.2d 1162, 1163 (Me.1992) (quoting Estate of Sweet, 519 A.2d 1260, 1264 (Me. 1987)). The testator’s clearly expressed intent must be carried out unless it…