Johnson v. Dunnings

It is agreed that in construing a will the courts should seek to ascertain the intention of the testator as shown by the entire will. In my opinion, the will in the case at bar shows that it was the intention of the testator that Gwendolyn Johnson, his granddaughter, should receive that part of the estate which her father, Odis M. Dunnings, would have received had he been living. The will was executed about four months after the death of Odis M. Dunnings. The second paragraph of the will provides: “I give, devise and bequeath to Gwendolyn Johnson, the daughter of my son, Odis M. Dunnings, the…