Deans v. Gay.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by S. Madora Deans and otters against Albert Cray, beard by Judge Francis D. Winston and a jury, at November Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Nash County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
William Jane Bryant died on the 2nd day of September, 1812, haying first made her last will and testament, the second item whereof is in the following words: “I will and desire that my daughter Madora Deans have fifty acres of land allotted to her.to her and her heirs forever.” Item 10 of said will is in the following words: “I will and desire that the fifty acres of land given to my daughter Madora Deans be kept for the benefit of her and her children forever.” The said Madora was born in 1850, married in 1812 and became discovert in 1889 by the death of her husband. At the time of her…
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