Peele v. Finch

LAKE, Justice.

At the death of the testator, Laura Brown Finch had no children and it could not be known whether she would have children. Consequently, the will of B. W. Brown devised the land in question to her for life with a contingent remainder to her children, if any, and an alternative contingent remainder in her brothers and sisters and the issue of those who predeceased her. Lawson v. Lawson, 267 N.C. 643, 148 S.E. 2d 546. The interests of her brothers and sisters and of the issue of those who might predecease her did not vest until the death of Laura Brown Finch. Thus, those who, at…