Baptist Female University v. Borden
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by the Trustees of the Baptist Female University and others against E. B. Borden, executor of W. T. Fair-cloth, and others, heard by Judge W. S. O’B. Robinson, at December Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Watne County. From a judgment determining the rights of the parties, both sides appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConnorr, J.
This is a controversy submitted without action under the Code, by the plaintiffs, The Baptist Female University and the Trustees of The Thomasville Baptist Orphanage and the Trustees of Wake Forest College against E. B. Borden, Executor of W. T. Faircloth, deceased, and E. E. Faircloth, widow of said deceased, and other devisees and legatees named in the will of the said testator, for the purpose of obtaining a construction of the will of the testator and direction to the executor in regard to the administration of bis trust.
The facts necessary to a decision of the case are:(1) That W. T.…
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