Sanderlin v. . Deford
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an action of detihue for slaves, tried before his Honor Judge DioK, at the Fall Term, 1854, of Camden Superior Court.
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This was an action of detihue for slaves, tried before his Honor Judge DioK, at the Fall Term, 1854, of Camden Superior Court. The case was agreed between the parties and depends, mainly upon the construction of the following clause of the will of Isaac J. Sanderlin, viz : “ And I lend the use of the balance of my property, both “real and personal, after paying my just debts, unto my son, “ Willis Sanderlin, during his natural life, and at his death, I “ give and bequeath it unto his heirs lawfully begotten by his “ body ,• and for the want of such heirs, to go to W. W. San- “ derlin’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The questions presented for our consideration in this ease, arise upon the construction of the following clause in the will of Isaac J. Sanderlin, which was made, and published the 17th day of June, 1838: “I lend the use of the balance of my property, both real and personal, after paying my just debts, unto my son, Willis Sanderlin, during his natural life, and at his death, I give and bequeath it unto his heirs lawfully begotten by his body, and for the want of such heirs, to go to William W. Sanderlin’s children, and Maxey Sanderlin’s children.”
The defendant’s counsel contends, first, that…
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