Adams v. Carrie F. Wright Hospital

In this state the identity of a beneficiary under a will presents a question of fact to be determined by the court from the language employed, construed in the light of all the competent evidence. Great liberality is shown in seeking the intention of the testator in this respect. Clark v. Campbell, post, 281, and cases cited. The will here under consideration is crudely drawn and bears evidence that the language employed was used according to its most commonplace signification. When, in ordinary conversation among laymen, reference is made to a designated person and his family, the word…