Garcia v. Clark

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In construing a will, the intention of a testator, as expressed in the will, is the controlling factor.” (Internal quotation marks, ellipsis, and brackets omitted.)
• “In construing a will, the intention of a testator, as expressed in the will, is the controlling factor.” (Internal quotation marks, ellipsis, and brackets omitted.)
• “Generally, a will speaks for itself, and a court may not resort to extrinsic evidence to ascertain a testator’s intent. However, extrinsic evidence may be used to explain an ambi- guity, intrinsic or extrinsic.” (Internal quotation marks, ellipsis, and citation omitted.)
• “Generally, a will speaks for itself, and a court may not resort to extrinsic evidence to ascertain a testator’s intent. However, extrinsic evidence may be used to explain an ambi- guity, intrinsic or extrinsic.” (Internal quotation marks, ellipsis, and citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Trapp v. Hodges
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2024-08-14

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Yogman v. Parrott
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1997-05-30· cited 323×
• Samuel v. King
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2003-03-13· cited 19×
• LaGrand v. LaGrand
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1980-07-14· cited 6×
• King v. King (In re King)
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-12-05· cited 6×
• Kidder v. Olsen
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-09-12· cited 4×
• First Interstate Bank of Oregon, N.A. v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1993-06-09· cited 2×