Legal Opinion

Powers v. Fales

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 5, 1983No. 8216SC304Published

1Opinion of the Court

BECTON, Judge.

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Procedurally, this case is complicated by the fact that Fannie B. Powers, who had been granted only a life estate in the real property of Avery M. Powers, sought in her Last Will and Testament, to influence the disposition of the real property following her death. Relevant portions of Item V of Fannie Powers’ will read:

Although the land which I now possess is mine only for the term of my natural life and I am unable to to say which part of the land will [go] to any of my children at my death, I have certain wishes regarding the home which I now occupy and the home which I…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Britt v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1969
  2. Beasley-Kelso Associates, Inc. v. TenneyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1976
  3. West v. WestSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962

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