Schwartz v. Wilson
Schwartz v. Wilson
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The deceased daughter, Margaret Graves, had two children, and the devisor had, at the date of his will, several children living. His purpose was to give to each of his grandchildren half as much as he gave to each of his children. “The children of my daughter Margaret have one-half a share with the rest of my heirs.” He designates the whole as a class under the term “heirs”, and says, in substance, my two grandchildren shall have half as much as my children or the rest of my heirs. The object of construction is to arrive at the intention of the testator, and it is obvious from the reading of this will that the purpose of the devisor was to give to his own chil
The devisor denominated all of his children and grandchildren as his heirs. Say he had six children and two grandchildren, this made eight heirs in all, and by giving the two heirs who were his grandchildren half as much as he gave the other heirs you have seven full shares, the children getting a full share each and the grandchildren half a share each.
Judgment affirmed.
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