COOPER v. COOPER

Messrs. Shand Shand and Haynesworth Haynesworth, for appellants. Messrs. Shand Shand cite: As to construction: 8 Com. Dig., 425; 6 Ves., 345; 30 Ency., 669; 29 Pa. Sup. Ct., 60; 24 Mo. App., 75; 2 L.R.A., 709; 2 Ves. Sr., 616; 1 P. Wms., 667; 5 M. S., 131; 2 Beav., 551; 6 Hare, 250; 48 Md., 122; 89 Pa. St., 36; 1 Rich. Eq., 111; 113 N.C. 301. Circumstances at time will was written and treatment of father and stepmother of the children should be given great weight: 6 Pet., 76; 2 Const., 436; 71 Ga. 384; 4 Rich. Eq., 455; Harp. Eq., 56; 15 S.C. 357; 19 S.C. 348; 36 S.C. 43; 127 U.S. 309; 50 Am. St. R., 284. Construction of "all our children": 113 N.C. 301; 78 N.C. 275; 7 S.C. 290; 6 H. L., 265; 61 At. R., 598; 6 Ves., 348; 23 Pitts Leg. Journ. (N.S.), 451; 79 Pa. St., 431; 9 Tex. Cir. App., 482; 29 Pa. Sup. Ct., 60; 69 Tex., 227; Wig. on Wills, 142; 1 Green Ev., secs. 287, 288; 2 Story Eq. Jur., 1065; 24 Mo. App., 75; 66 Ia., 325; 77 Va., 169; 25 Mo., 70; 177 N.Y., 42; 72 N.E.R., 936; 78 N.Y., 279. Messrs. McLeod Dennis, contra, for Mrs. Harriet C. Cheyne, cite: Intention of testator should be gathered from the will itself: 36 S.C. 42; 29 S.C. 470. Devise to children does not include grandchildren: 56 S.C. 9; 2 DeS. Eq., 309; 16 S.C. 225; 21 S.C. 306; 26 S.C. 450; 6 Rich. Eq., 83. Mr. James Simons, contra, for Francis Pelot Cooper, cites: Rule for arriving at intention of testator: 26 S.C. 181; 25 S.C. 564; 27 S.C. 295; 29 S.C. 466; 30 S.C. 184; 36 S.C. 38. As to construction of the word "our": 25 Mo., 70; 79 N.Y. Supp., 1133; 177 N.Y., 39; 69 N.E., 118. A condition repugnant to the nature of the estate is void: 3 Ves., 324; 15 S.C. 442. Messrs. Lee Moise, contra, for Augustus Thomas Cooper, cite: Construction of the will: 8 L.R.A., 740; 26 S.C. 564. This is disclosed by the language properly interpreted: 26 S.C. 179, 564, 450; 27 S.C. 295; 29 S.C. 466; 30 S.C. 184; 36 S.C. 38; 46 S.C. 169; 1 DeS., 237; Bail., 7, 517; 2 DeS., 309; 8 L.R.A., 740; 31 U.S. 68; 7 U.S. 97, 134, 572; 113 N.Y., 115; 46 N.J. Eq., 131; 109 Ind., 340. Punctuation: 14 S.C. 107; 44 S.C. 424.