Sink v. . Sink
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before J ones, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1909, of Davidson. Plaintiff, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for waste, alleged to have been committed by the defendants on the land described in the complaint, and for an injunction against the further commission of waste. The court virtually intimated that the plaintiffs could not recover, as under the will of William A. Sink his widow acquired a" fee-simple estate and not merely an estate for life. The plaintiffs excepted to the ruling, submitted to a nonsuit and appealed.
The decision of the case must turn upon the construction of the eleventh item of the will, which is as follows: “I give and bequeath to…
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