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5 Pennsylvania opinions name it 5 courts 1935–1978 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Byrne's Estategreen2 sentences1978As was said by Chief Justice Marshal in Smith v. Bell, 31 U.S. 68 [1832], at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141,‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ The slightest variations in language or in attending circumstances may lead a court to wholly different conclusions with regard to the testator’s intent, and therefo 1978As was said by Chief Justice Marshal in Smith v. Bell, 31 U.S. 68 [1832], at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141,‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ The slightest variations in language or in attending circumstances may lead a court to wholly different conclusions with regard to the testator’s intent, and therefo | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Smith T. v. Bell
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2 sentences1978As was said by Chief Justice Marshal in Smith v. Bell, 31 U.S. 68 [1832], at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141,‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ The slightest variations in language or in attending circumstances may lead a court to wholly different conclusions with regard to the testator’s intent, and therefo 1960As was said by Chief Justice Marshall in Smith v. Bell, 31 U. S. 68 , at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141, ‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ ” And we said in Tombs Estate, 155 Pa. Superior Ct. 605, 608 , 39 A. 2d 367 (1944), “Each will is in a sense unique, for the circumstances surrounding each individual t | 4 | 1935–1978 |
Tombs Estate
green
2 sentences1960As was said by Chief Justice Marshall in Smith v. Bell, 31 U. S. 68 , at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141, ‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ ” And we said in Tombs Estate, 155 Pa. Superior Ct. 605, 608 , 39 A. 2d 367 (1944), “Each will is in a sense unique, for the circumstances surrounding each individual t 1960As was said by Chief Justice Marshall in Smith v. Bell, 31 U. S. 68 , at page 80, quoting from 3 Wils. 141, ‘Cases on wills may guide us to general rules of construction; but, unless a case cited be in every respect directly in point, and agree in every circumstance, it will have little or no weight with the court, who always look upon the intention of the testator as the polar star to direct them in the construction of wills.’ ” And we said in Tombs Estate, 155 Pa. Superior Ct. 605, 608 , 39 A. 2d 367 (1944), “Each will is in a sense unique, for the circumstances surrounding each individual t | 1 | 1960–1960 |