Matheson v. American Trust Company

Stripped of its nonessentials, the question presented is this: Does the plaintiff, Beulah T. Matheson, acquire any right to the income under Items XIII and XVI of the will of James Pleasant Matheson? At the time the will was executed in 1934, and likewise at the time of the testator’s death in 1937, W. L. Matheson and his wife, Fairy Porter Hurd Matheson, lived in Mooresville, North Carolina. They had lived together since their marriage in 1900. Fairy Porter Hurd Matheson was well known to the testator. After the testator’s death the brother, W. L. Matheson, and his wife, Fairy Porter Hurd…