Sauer v. Sauer

The petitioner, respondent on this appeal, and the appellants are primarily concerned about the kind of estate in the $85,000 fund given to the daughters of the testator. The arrangement made in the codicil is of course to be particularly noted. We are to look there first in the search for the testator’s intention in disposing of his property among the beneficiaries. If he has there stated his purpose, the courts cannot change his plan. In considering questions of this nature we apply rules of construction which have grown out of analogies with statutes, public policy, and rules growing out…