In re Last Will & Testament of Brooks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY without action, submitted, under Tbe Code, to his Honor Bryan, Jat May Term, 1899, of Chatham Superior Court, for the construction of the will of Thomas A. Brooks. copy or will.
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CONTROVERSY without action, submitted, under Tbe Code, to his Honor Bryan, Jat May Term, 1899, of Chatham Superior Court, for the construction of the will of Thomas A. Brooks. copy or will. I, Thomas A. Brooks, of the county of Chatham, and State of North Carolina, being of feeble health, but of sound mind, do declare this to be my last will and testament, after paying all my debts, except those debts that are barred by the statute of limitations, I will and bequeath all my real and personal property to my beloved wife, Martha B. Brooks, to have and possess as long as she remains my widow.…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Thomas A. Brooks died in the county of Chatham, leaving a last will and testament, in which he *138disposed of bis property in the following words: “I will and bequeath all my real and personal property to my beloved wife, Martha B. Brooks, to have and possess as long as she remains my widow. Should she remarry, then the law is my will.” The widow survived the testator and never remarried. Upon her death, there were living B. B., James D., and Thomas S. Brooks, Hadena B. Edwards, wife of J. D. Edwards, children of herself and the testator. J. D. Edwards has become the purchaser of the interest of…
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