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WILLS v. UNION SAVINGS & TRUST

No. 81-529.

69 Ohio St. 2d 382 (1982)

WILLS ET AL., APPELLEES, v. UNION SAVINGS & TRUST CO., TRUSTEE; THE CHOATE SCHOOL ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick H. Loomis, for appellees.

Messrs. Baker & Hostetler and Mr. Oakley V. Andrews, for appellant The Choate School.

Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, and Mr. Perry R. Silverman, for appellant Attorney General.

Messrs. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Mr. Michael P. McCullough, for appellant Thiel College.

Messrs. Mitchell, Mitchell & Reed and Mr. George B. Woodman, for appellant Junior Achievement of Youngstown.

Messrs. Hoppe, Frey, Hewitt & Milligan and Mr. Robert S. McGeough, for appellant Junior Achievement of Warren.

CLIFFORD F. BROWN, J.

In any action seeking construction of a will the court's sole purpose is to ascertain and carry out the intention of the testator. Such intention must be ascertained from the words contained in the will. Carr v. Stradley (1977), 52 Ohio St.2d 220, paragraph one of the syllabus; Townsend's Exrs. v. Townsend (1874), 25 Ohio St. 477, paragraphs one and two of the syllabus. In...

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