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72 Ind. 539

Critchell v. Brown

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1880

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1880-11-15

<p>Construction of Will. — In construing a will, all its provisions must tie considered together so far as practicable; and, where two of its provisions are inconsistent with each other, the one last made must prevail, the subsequent words being considered to denote a subsequent intention. For the construction of a particular will, see the body of the opinion.</p> <p>Dismissal of Appeal. — Practice.—A motion to dismiss an appeal upon the ground that no bond has been filed by appellant, made after the cause has been considered and decided oh its merits, comes too late, and will not be entertained.</p>

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Decided 1880-11-15

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¶1On Petition for a Rehearing.

¶2Niblack, C. J. — In answer to a very elaborate and exhaustive petition for a rehearing, presented in this case, we willingly admit that, if we had given in all respects a merely literal construction to the will of Elias Ayers, we might, and probably would, have reached a conclusion different from the one announced in the original opinion; but, talcing all the ¿lauses together, we received the impression in the first instance, that they meant, and still construe them as meaning, that it was the wish of the testator that the ancestor of the appellants should, in any event, have the sum of five1 thousand dollars out of his estate, at the death of his widow..

¶3We do not consider the question as to whether the complaint made a case entitling the appellants to recover what •was due their ancestor, as that question was not presented by the appellees in.their original brief.

¶4The appellees have, since the original opinion was filed, entered a motion to dismiss their appeal, upon the ground that no bond was filed by the appellants, as required by section 189 of the act concerning decedents’ estates, 2 R. S. 1876, p. 557 ; but their motion comes too late, and for that reason can not be entertained.

¶5The petition for a Rehearing and the motion to dismiss this appeal are both overruled.

¶6Woods, J., dissents as to the overruling of the petition, for a rehearing.

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