Young v. . Harris
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN, tried before Justice, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1918, of YaNCEY. The action was instituted by plaintiffs, wbo are at present the beirs at law and next of kin of O. E. Young, deceased, against the defendants, who hold the lands under a deed from J. P. Young, widow, now deceased, of said C. F. Young, to recover the portion of the lands formerly owned by C. F. Young and which was assigned as dower to his widow, she having entered formal dissent from her husband’s…
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ActioN, tried before Justice, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1918, of YaNCEY. The action was instituted by plaintiffs, wbo are at present the beirs at law and next of kin of O. E. Young, deceased, against the defendants, who hold the lands under a deed from J. P. Young, widow, now deceased, of said C. F. Young, to recover the portion of the lands formerly owned by C. F. Young and which was assigned as dower to his widow, she having entered formal dissent from her husband’s last will and testament on 26 August, 1887, after his death on 3d of the next preceding July. It further appeared that…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The will in question of Creed F. Young, former owner of the property, and duly admitted to probate, provides that, subject to payment of debts and two specified legacies of $1,000 each, all of the testator’s property, real and personal, shall be held by S. W. Carter and John S. McElroy, trustees, also appointed executors, for the use and benefit of his wife, Dulcena E. Young, during her widowhood, allowing her to have the actual use and enjoyment of the house and farm where testator resided, such stock and property as may be sufficient and necessary for the use of the said farm, and paying…
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