Boutelle v. Renshaw

Because I feel that the majority has gone out of bounds in the field of judicial interpretation of wills and trespassed upon the forbidden field of making wills, I must respectfully dissent from its opinion.

The will under consideration was not prepared by an unskilled layman, unpracticed in the art of will-drafting and unimpressed with the importance of exactness and accuracy in testamentary language, but by a lawyer of recognized ability, capable of precision and exactness in the use of words. This circumstance is to my mind controlling and distinguishes this case from those cited in the…