W. S. TAYLOE, Ex’r., c, v. JAMES P. JOHNSON. Supreme Court of North Carolina January Term, 1869. In construing a will, the chief object being to ascertain the meaning of the testator, words may be supplied or abstracted, grammatical arrangement disregarded, and clauses transposed; therefore, Where the context requires it, “oldest” may be read, “youngest”. […]
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TAYLOE, EX’R v. JOHNSON, 63 N.C. 381 (1869)
W. S. TAYLOE, Ex’r., c, v. JAMES P. JOHNSON. Supreme Court of North Carolina January Term, 1869. In construing a will, the chief object being to ascertain the meaning of the testator, words may be supplied or abstracted, grammatical arrangement disregarded, and clauses transposed; therefore, Where the context requires it, “oldest” may be read, “youngest”. […]