Jones v. . Oliver
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from Carteret Court of Equity, at Fall Term, 1843. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff as administrator, with the will annexed of Richard P. Oliver, asking the advice of the court as to the proper construction of the said will. The qUestjons presented are stated in the opiuion delivered in this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
The plaintiff has filed this bill, asking the advice of the court, as to the proper construction to be given on several points in the last will of his testator, Richard Oliver. The will was made in 1837. First: Is the executory devise in the following clause too remote, or is it good in law?— “ Item, I lend unto my wife, Sally Oliver, the house and plantation where I now live, together with all my slaves and their increase, and all the rest of my estate, both real and personal, for, and during her natural life ; and, at her death, I give and bequeath the said estate, as aforementioned, to her…
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