Witty v. . Witty

Civil action in ejectment and for a sale for division of certain lands, situate in Guilford County, North Carolina.

The evidence offered by plaintiffs tended to show the following facts: That Levi R. Witty died in January, 1872, seized and possessed in fee of the lands described in the complaint, and which are in controversy here; that he disposed of said lands by his last will and testament — the effect of the terms of which are in dispute; that his wife, Louisa Witty, who was given a life estate in the lands in controversy, survived her husband, and died on 16 December, 1920; that said Levi…