Williams v. . Lane

I have formed a different opinion from that which has been pronounced, and will briefly state the reasons upon which it is founded. The intention of the testator seems to me apparent, upon the face of the will, to give his grandson, Alfred, one-half the tract of land, and the other half to be equally divided between his two granddaughters, and in this proportion he meant they should take, whatever number of acres the tract should be found to contain.

The testator believed that there were 700 acres in the tract, for in that way he described it, and under this belief he gives to Alfred that…