STRINGFELLOW v. HARMAN

17096.

207 Ga. 62 (1950)

60 S.E.2d 139

STRINGFELLOW v. HARMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Baxter Jones Jr., and Jones, Jones & Sparks, for plaintiff in error.

Crenshaw, Hansell, Ware & Brandon, contra.


WYATT, Justice.

"In the construction of all legacies, the court shall seek diligently for the intention of the testator and give effect to the same as far as it may be consistent with the rules of law . . " Code, § 113-806. "Every will is a thing to itself. It is emphatically not only sui juris but sui generis. Its terms are its own law, and the application of that law by construction of itself — of the statute which the testator himself...

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