Rodriguez v. Vivoni

Citations

• 201 U.S. 371
• 26 S. Ct. 475
• 50 L. Ed. 792
• 1906 U.S. LEXIS 1797

Syllabus

<p>Remote explanations as to the use and meaning of a word will be rejected when the will offers upon its face a different and more obvious one.</p> <p>The words sucesión legitima in the will of a Porto Rican held to mean “issue,” and not “lawful heirs.”</p> <p>This court will not consider a claim which was not set up in the bill or in the court below, nor suggested until after the argument in this court.</p>