Brown v. . Brown
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This bill was filed at Fall Term, 1842, of Jones Court of Equity, by two of the plaintiffs, as executors of Isaac Brown, deceased, and by two others of his heirs and next of kin, against the defendants, who were the other heirs and next of kin. The object of the bill was to obtain the advice of the court upon a certain clause in the will of the said Isaac. Brown.
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This bill was filed at Fall Term, 1842, of Jones Court of Equity, by two of the plaintiffs, as executors of Isaac Brown, deceased, and by two others of his heirs and next of kin, against the defendants, who were the other heirs and next of kin. The object of the bill was to obtain the advice of the court upon a certain clause in the will of the said Isaac. Brown. The defendants answered ; and the cause, being set for hearing upon the bill and answers, was transmitted, by consent of parties, to the Supreme Court. The clause of the will, upon the construction of which the doubts arose, is…
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL J.
Isaac Brown, by his will, devised and be-queated to his wife and children severally, lands and personal property. And he then concluded his will thus: “I desire that my lands known by the name of the Lee and Dorch places and Stephen Brown place, and all the rest of my land not disposed of, to be sold or rented at the discretion of my executors to the best advantage of the heirs, and to be disposed of at the will of my executors, and the proceeds of the same and my money, notes and crop and stock to be disposed of as the law directs.” Tlie executors, in their bill, ask the court to…
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