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BUFFALOE v. BLALOCK

No. 457.

59 S.E.2d 625 (1950)

232 N.C. 105

BUFFALOE et ux. v. BLALOCK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 24, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Purrington, Jr., and Weathers & Young, Raleigh, for plaintiffs.

C. C. Cunningham, Raleigh, for defendant.

DENNY, Justice.

The intent of the testator is the polar star that must guide the courts in the interpretation of a will. Elmore v. Austin, N. C., 59 S.E.2d 205; Cannon v. Cannon, 225 N.C. 611, 36 S.E.2d 17; Holland v. Smith, 224 N.C. 255, 29 S.E.2d 888. This intent is to be gathered from a consideration of the will from its four corners, and such intent should be given effect, unless contrary...

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