I am bound to administer the law here according to the best…

I have no authority to alter the practice of the Court.

Courts of justice ought to carry into effect the intentions of testators as far as they can consistently with the rules of law.

I am desirous that the case should be brought under the consideration of a higher tribunal, without any unnecessary delay, and to afford every facility in my power for the correction of any error into which I may have fallen.

A man acting for himself may indulge his own caprices, and consider what is convenient or agreeable to himself, as well as what is strictly prudent, and his prudential motives cannot afterwards be separated from the others which may have …

A man cannot be allowed to neglect a duty which he has undertaken.

The Court has not time to indulge in the discussion of imaginary cases.