Steger v. Muenster Drilling Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that merger requires proof that both estates united in same owner
• “Where practicable, a latter clause in a will must be deemed to affirm, not to contradict, an earlier clause in the same will.”
• “Where practicable, a latter clause in a will must be deemed to affirm, not to contradict, an earlier clause in the same will.”
• “[E]very sentence, clause, and word must be considered in ascertaining the testator’s intent.”
• setting out rules of will construction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).