157 Pa. Super. 155 - Laughlin Estate’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Presumptions are applied, and resort is had to rules of construction in determining the disposal of property, only where the language of a testator is not clear, and there is ambiguity in the meaning of his words. (Citing cases) Technical rules of construction must give way to the plainly expressed intention of a testator . . . Such intention, once determined, will be effectuated unless in contravention of some established rule of law or public policy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Simonson Estate