Weir v. Chidester

Citations

• 63 Ill. 453

Syllabus

<p>1. Nuncupative wills—construction of the statute in regard to what constitutes a compliance therewith. A literal compliance with the statute in regard to nuncupative wills, will not be required in every instance; but the law, in no case, will dispense with a substantial compliance in order to the validity of such wills.</p> <p>3. It is not necessary that the testator should have used the exact words of the statute, but any words that express a clear intention to give the estate to a certain person, will be sufficient to pass the property.</p> <p>8. Nor is it necessary that the testator should call upon persons present, by name, to become witnesses to his will. Any form of expression, however imperfectly uttered, so that it conveys to the minds of those to whom it is addressed the idea that he desires them or some of them to bear witness to the disposition he is making of his property, will be deemed a compliance with the statute in that regard,</p>