Strother v. Folk

(separately concurring) : The words to be considered are:

“That all the property, both real and personal, which I have willed and bequeathed to said Julia Ann Long, or which shall accrue to her under said will and testament, shall be and remain to her during her natural life and to descend to the heirs of her body, and if she, the said Julia Ann Long, should die without issue or children of her body, the said property to return to my son, Moses Long.”

We are told that intention must govern. That is true, but “intention is a term of art, and signifies the meaning of the writing. Even the…