 | 1886 - 652 pages
...rule now, I believe, universally adopted, at least in the courts of law in Westminster Hall, that, in construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written...words is to be adhered to unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
 | 1909 - 1162 pages
...the famous case of Grey v. Pearson, 6 HLC 61, at page 106, cited In the brief for the defendant, that the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to; but Lord Wensleydale Is careful to add: "Unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - 1893 - 1174 pages
...the rule now I believe universally adopted, at least in the courts of law in Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or some inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1889 - 1110 pages
...right in quoting from Gray v. Pearson, 6 II. L. Cas., 105, the rule as follows: "In construing wills and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary...words is to be adhered to unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
 | Henry Hardcastle - 1892 - 748 pages
...I believe, universally adopted — at least in the courts of law in Westminster Hall — that iu "> construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
 | Walter Charles Alan Ker - 1894 - 436 pages
...within the meaning of the canon of construction laid down by Lord Wensleydale, in Grey v. Pearson (z). "The grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1905 - 832 pages
...Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written Superior Court of Cincinnati. instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of...words is to be adhered to unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
 | 1897 - 380 pages
...construction as will effectuate, and not defeat, the intention. Per Lord Wensleydale, at p. 106, in construing all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument," etc. So far there... | |
 | Robert Campbell - 1898 - 850 pages
...the rule, now I believe universally adopted, at least in the Courts of law in Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written...words is to be adhered to unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
 | 1898 - 870 pages
...as will effectuate, and not defeat, the intention. Per Lord Wensleydale, at p. 106, in construing " all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument," etc. So far there... | |
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Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,... 
