L'Hote v. Roca

Citations

• 102 Miss. 121
• 58 So. 655

Syllabus

<p>1. Wms. Construction. Laws governing. Testator’s intent.</p> <p>A will should be so construed as to carry out the intent of the party making it.</p> <p>2. Winns. Construction. Laws governing. “Disposable property.”</p> <p>A will made by a resident of Louisiana, conveying the “disposable portion of all” the property that she owned at the time of her death, conveys the whole of her property situated in the state of Mississippi; though under the laws of Louisiana her “disposable property” was only one-third' of her estate, the laws of Mississippi controlling as to the property located in this state.</p>