Speight v. . Speight

Stacy, 0. J.

It has been the consistent holding in this jurisdiction, folio-wing the decision in Graham v. Graham, 9 N. C., 322 (1822), that a reservation of a life estate in personal chattels, in a deed attempting to convey them in remainder, reserves the whole estate, and the limitation over is void. Morrow v. Williams, 14 N. C., 263; Hunt v. Davis, 20 N. C., 36; Newell v. Taylor, 56 N. C., 374; Dail v. Jones, 85 N. C., 222; Outlaw v. Taylor, 168 N. C., 511, 84 S. E., 611.

It is quite clear, we think, that the deed in question falls within the principle established by these decisions. A…