Wall v. . Wall
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PETITION to sell laud for assets, transferred to Superior Court docket and beard before Shaw, J., upon statement of facts agreed at Fall Team, 1899, of Stokes Superior Court.
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PETITION to sell laud for assets, transferred to Superior Court docket and beard before Shaw, J., upon statement of facts agreed at Fall Team, 1899, of Stokes Superior Court. On October 29, 1881, Mrs. Margaret Blackburn conveyed to W. B. Vaugbn and wife (her son-in-law and daughter), for a consideration of $1,000, a tract of land in Stokes County, containing 225 acres, more or less — “reserving to herself the possession, use, enjoyment and control of the tract of land for and during her natural life, • and reserving also the care' and support of her daughter, Margaret Eliza Blackburn, for and…
1Opinion of the CourtFaircloth, C. J.
This is an action for the construction of a deed executed by Margaret Blackburn to W. B. Vaughn and wife. The deed, for a valuable consideration, conveys a tract of land in fee, and contains the following clause: “ The said Margaret Blackburn reserving to herself the possession, use, enjoyment' and control of the tract of land for and during her natural life, and reserving also the care and support of her daughter, Margaret Eliza Blackburn, for and during the life of the said Margaret Eliza.”
Margaret Eliza, her mother having died, alleges that said reservation for her support is a lien on the…
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