Boyd v. Strahan

Citations

• 36 Ill. 355

Syllabus

<p>1. Will — construction of. As a general rule, where a will bequeaths personal property to be at the absolute disposal of the legatee, he becomes, in the absence of all clauses showing a contrary intent, the absolute owner.</p> <p>2. But the rule which controls all others in the interpretation of wills is, that the intention of the testator, to be gathered from the entire will, must govern.</p> <p>3. Where a testator, by one clause in his will, gave to his wife $1,200 in money, and his household furniture, ‘1 to her and to her heirs and assigns forever,” and by the next clause, gave to her “all his personal property of every description, not herein enumerated, or otherwise disposed of in this will, to be at her own disposal, and for her own proper use and benefit during her natural life: ’’ field, that under the last clause she took only a life interest iiTtleresíauary estate.'</p>