Cox v. Kinston Carolina Railroad & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiow, tried before Stacy, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1917, of LeNOie. On 1 March, 1883, James W. Oox, being the owner in fee of a tract of 70 acres of land, lying partly in the present corporate limits of Kins-ton and on the banks of the Neuse River, made, executed, and delivered to J. Gr.
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Civil actiow, tried before Stacy, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1917, of LeNOie. On 1 March, 1883, James W. Oox, being the owner in fee of a tract of 70 acres of land, lying partly in the present corporate limits of Kins-ton and on the banks of the Neuse River, made, executed, and delivered to J. Gr. Cox, bis son, a deed in fee upon the following trusts therein declared, the deed being recorded in Book 7, page 595, in the office of the register of deeds of Lenoir County: “But upon this special trust and confidence, nevertheless, that the said J. Gr. Oox is to hold and shall hold the…
1Opinion of the Court
WalKee, J.,
after stating -the case: Upon tbe questions submitted to tbe jury, tbe charge of tbe court was full and explicit. Tbe contentions were stated and proper instructions given in regard to them, and the-jury have found the facts against the defendant’s contention. But we need not longer dwell upon this feature of the case, for we are of opinion that the lease, under the admitted circumstances, could not continue-beyond the death of the trustee, or, at least, beyond the end of the current year in which he died. The principal if not the pivotal question presented by the record is: Did…
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