Bird v. . Gilliam

MONTGOMERY, J.:

The Courts always give that interpretation to wills which will most effectually carry out the intention of tlie testator, and there is no exception to this rule but in those cases where the testator uses technical words, which in law have a definite meaning and which are construed under a rule of the law. The defendant insists in the case before us that the testator had made use of certain technical words which in law thwart his intention, and that under the Rule in Shelley’s case he, defendant, has a good title to the land conveyed to him by deed hereinafter mentioned.

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