Cameron v. Hicks.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by D. A. Cameron and others against E. E. Hicks and others, heard by Judge G. W. Ward and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Wayne.
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ActioN by D. A. Cameron and others against E. E. Hicks and others, heard by Judge G. W. Ward and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Wayne. Edmund Coor on the 3rd day of May, 18 Y0, executed to E. R. Cox, trustee, and his heirs a deed conveying the land in controversy “to the sole and separate use of Amanda M. Cameron, wife of John Cameron, during her life, and after her death to convey the same to such children and their heirs as she, the said Amanda, may leave her surviving, and to the issue and their heirs of such as may be dead, such issue to represent their…
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
after stating the case: The record, with the exhaustive and well considered briefs in this appeal, clearly present the questions upon which the rights of the parties depend.
The plaintiffs suggest that it is not necessary for them to .combat the principle decided in Kirby v. Boyette, 118 N. C., 244. They say that the cases may be. distinguished. In Kirby's case the declaration of the trust was for the separate use of the married woman and her heirs, whereas, here it is for “the sole and separate use of Mrs. Cameron for, and during her natural life — and at her death to convey to her…
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