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AIKEN v. AIKEN

18203.

209 Ga. 819 (1953)

76 S.E.2d 481

AIKEN et al. v. AIKEN, executrix.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Bowen, for plaintiffs in error.

Poole, Pearce & Hall and Margaret Hills Fairleigh, contra.

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. The intentions of a testator are to be derived from a consideration of his will as a whole, read in the light of the surrounding circumstances, and are not to be determined by arbitrary conjecture as to what he meant nor by consideration of detached portions of the will. Code, § 113-806. See also Patterson v. Patterson, 208 Ga. 17, 20 (64 S.E.2d 585...

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