Bishop v. Morgan

Citations

• 82 Ill. 351

Syllabus

<p>1. Wills—construction of description of land. Where a will describes a tract of land devised, as the south-east quarter of a section, containing forty acres, more or less, the words “containing forty acres, more or less,” do not modify or affect the description of the land as the south-east quarter, and a court, in construing the will, will not consider the fact that the testator did not own the land described, hut did own the south-east quarter of the northeast quarter of that section when he made the will, and at the time of his death. •</p> <p>2. Desobiption of land. Quantity, in the description of land, is never allowed to control courses, distances, monuments or natural land marks, such as creeks, rivers, ponds or lakes.</p>