Woodcock v. . Trust Co.

This was an action by interested parties to construe the fourth paragraph of the will of S. Johnston Woodcock, deceased. From judgment for plaintiffs defendant appealed. Johnston Woodcock, a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina, died 31 December, 1927, leaving a last will and testament wherein he named his brothers, Julian A. Woodcock and Rufus J. Woodcock, and the Wachovia Bank Trust Company as executors. The question presented by the appeal concerns a bequest contained in the fourth paragraph of the will, in these words: "I then give and bequeath to my said executors the sum of…