Taylor v. . Brown
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Whedbee, J., at tbe February Term, 1914, of DupliN. Civil action beard upon tbe following case agreed: It is stipulated and agreed between tbe plaintiffs and defendants that tbis action be submitted to bis Honor, H. W. Wbed- ■ bee, judge presiding, a jury trial having been waived, upon tbe petition of tbe plaintiffs and tbe answer of tbe defendants and tbe facts agreed as hereinafter set out, towit: 1. That Isham U. Taylor, at the time of his death,…
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Appeal by defendant from Whedbee, J., at tbe February Term, 1914, of DupliN. Civil action beard upon tbe following case agreed: It is stipulated and agreed between tbe plaintiffs and defendants that tbis action be submitted to bis Honor, H. W. Wbed- ■ bee, judge presiding, a jury trial having been waived, upon tbe petition of tbe plaintiffs and tbe answer of tbe defendants and tbe facts agreed as hereinafter set out, towit: 1. That Isham U. Taylor, at the time of his death, was domiciled in North Carolina, and was at his death the owner of the land described in plaintiffs’ petition. 2. That…
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
This contest is between the children of Isham U. Taylor, who are seeking to partition the lands among themselves, and the administrator of the said Elizabeth Taylor, who seeks to subject the land to the payment of debts, contracted by Elizabeth Taylor in her lifetime, other than funeral expenses.
It is admitted that Elizabeth Taylor made no disposition or conveyance of any kind of the lands in controversy during her lifetime, and, therefore, it is unnecessary to determine whether she took a life estate under the will or a determinable fee. Under these circumstances, if she did hot take a fee…
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