Freeman v. Lide
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN, beard by Adams, J., upon a case agreed, at September Term, 1918, of RICHMOND. On 17 June, 1868, Mrs. Harriet H. Strong executed and delivered ber deed to John H. Williamson, busband of Pbebe Williamson, conveying tbe undivided one-balf of all tbe property, real, personal and mixed, wbicb belonged to tbe grantor as beir at law, devisee and dis-tributee of Henry W. Harrington, except tbe annuity settled upon tbe grantor by tbe will of Henry W. Harrington.
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ActioN, beard by Adams, J., upon a case agreed, at September Term, 1918, of RICHMOND. On 17 June, 1868, Mrs. Harriet H. Strong executed and delivered ber deed to John H. Williamson, busband of Pbebe Williamson, conveying tbe undivided one-balf of all tbe property, real, personal and mixed, wbicb belonged to tbe grantor as beir at law, devisee and dis-tributee of Henry W. Harrington, except tbe annuity settled upon tbe grantor by tbe will of Henry W. Harrington. Tbe trusts declared in tbe deed are thus stated: “But in trust, nevertheless, tbat tbe said party of tbe second part will take,…
1Opinion of the Court
Waiker, J.,
after stating the ease: The question presented is, Did the property conveyed by the deed of Mrs. Strong of date 17 June, 1868, pass under the will of Mrs. Williamson to her husband, Dr. John H. Williamson ?
The deed of Mrs. Strong was executed after the adoption of the Constitution of 1868, which took effect for purposes of domestic policy, and so far as the question in this case is concerned, in April, 1868, and not when Congress approved it. This was held in the following cases: Pemberton v. McRae, 75 N. C., 497; Lash v. Thomas, 86 N. C., 313; Zheen v. Summey, 80 N. C., 188;…
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