Stepp v. . Stepp

The question involved: Can a life tenant of land which is unproductive and from which the income is insufficient to pay the taxes and reasonable upkeep of said land, maintain an action for sale of the same without the joinder of any of the vested remaindermen as parties plaintiff? We think so, under chapter 124, Public Laws 1927. The decision of this action depends upon the construction of certain statutes.

The last decision written by the learned former Chief Justice Walter Clark, of this Court, was Ray v. Poole, 187 N. C., 749, construing certain statutes in reference .to the subject. It is…