Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re Estate of Came

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided July 23, 1987No. 86-275Published

1DissentJohnson, J.

Came’s clear intent is not being carried out by the majority decision, I respectfully dissent.

*551For over one hundred years the well-settled law in New Hampshire has been that the testator’s intent should be the sovereign guide in any decision involving the interpretation of a will and the disposition of a testator’s property upon death. Brown v. Bartlett, 58 N.H. 511 (1879). Guy C. Came, and his counsel who drafted his will, had the right to rely upon this court’s repeated expression that “[t]he interpretation of the will is the ascertainment of the testator’s intention; and the question of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re the Arbitration Between Level Export Corp. & Wolz, Aiken & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1953
  2. Royce v. Estate of DenbySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
  3. In the Matter of JacksonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
  4. Brown v. BartlettSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
  5. Boucher v. LizotteSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1932

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