Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 15, 1855 (Gleason v. Fayerweather)

Shaw, C. J.*

We are called upon in this case to put a construction upon an illiterate will, written apparently by one not aware of the force and effect of the language of which he made use. The question is, whether the plaintiff took an estate in fee as devisee under the will, of his father. We can hardly expect to find any authority bearing very directly on the point.