Legal Opinion
Welch v. . Gibson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 11, 1927PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
On the hearing the sufficiency of the title offered was properly made to depend upon the construction of the following provision in the will of Mary M. Kennedy:
“I will and bequeath to my daughter, Garnette Jones Welch, all of my property, both personal and real, for the term of her natural life, and at the death of my said daughter, Mrs. Welch, all this property so devised shall go to the bodily heirs of Mrs. Welch, and to go as entailed property for succeeding generations; all living children at the death of the said Mrs. Welch are to have an equal share in this property during the term of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Starnes v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- Smith v. Proctor.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Puckett v. . MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Jones v. . WhichardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Reid v. . NealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
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3Cited by20 opinions
- West Ex Rel. West v. MurphySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
- Martin v. . KnowlesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
- Brown v. . MitchellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
- Cheshire v. . DrewrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
- Jones v. StoneCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
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