Wilson v. . Hightower
Supreme Court of North Carolina
*1 > From Lincoln, J Petition heard before Nash, Judge. The Petitioner set forth, that William Wilson died in 1817, leaving a widow and children, of whom the Petitioner was one, and leaving, also, a last will and testament, by which he appointed Hightower his executor, who qualified as such j that William Wilson, one of the Defendants, son of William, deceased, had received from his father, in his life-time, an estate of 350 acres of land, by settlement •, and the other…
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*1 > From Lincoln, J Petition heard before Nash, Judge. The Petitioner set forth, that William Wilson died in 1817, leaving a widow and children, of whom the Petitioner was one, and leaving, also, a last will and testament, by which he appointed Hightower his executor, who qualified as such j that William Wilson, one of the Defendants, son of William, deceased, had received from his father, in his life-time, an estate of 350 acres of land, by settlement •, and the other children, who were Defendants, had received, under the will of their father, the one, 600 acres of land and a negro, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The court decreed that the petitioner should have equal distribution with the widow and the other children of the property undisposed of by will, and that petitioner should pay her own costs and those of the defendant Hightower, and that the other defendants should pay their own costs; whereupon petitioner appealed to this Court. All the defendants in this case claim the property under the will of their father, except William, who received a tract of land by way of advancement, as to which, if the question had been undecided, I should have thought it was to be brought into hotchpot upon his…
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