McEachern v. . Gilchrist
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition for Partition, tried before Sci-ienck, J., at Spring Term, 1876, of the Superior Court of Richmond. The facts necessary to an understanding of the case are stated in the opinion of the Court. There was judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
In the year 1855, John Fairly being the owner of a large estate in lands and personal property, executed a deed of gift of lands and negroes, to each one of his four children. Among them he made a deed of gift of the three tracts of land, the partition of which is sought in this action, to his two daughters, Margaret and Effey, for life, to hold as tenants in common, and at their death to such children as they might have living at their death, in fee; subject, however, to two encumberances. He first reserves a life estate to himself in the lands conveyed; and the second en-cumberance is in…
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