May v. Lewis.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Benjamin May against B. M. Lewis, beard by Judge G. 8. Ferguson, at January Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Pitt county. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The plaintiff acquired title to the land in controversy by the sixth item of the will of his mother, Mrs. Mary A. E. May, which is in the following words: “I loan unto my son Benjamin May my entire interest in the tract of land . . . to be his during his natural life, and at his death I give said land to his heirs, if any, 'to- be theirs in fee simple forever; and if he should die without heirs, said land to revert back to his next of kin.”
On December 1, 1902, the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant to sell him said land at the price of $5,500 and has in accordance with the…
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