Jones v. . Myatt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from O. II. Allen, I., at the April Term, 1910, of Wake. Special proceedings for partition. From the judgment adjuding that the plaintiffs, the children of Alfred Jonés, were tenants in common of an undivided one-half interest in the tract of 590 acres with the defendant Myatt, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The rights of the parties depend, first, upon the proper construction of the following items in the will of Elizabeth T. Jones: “Second. I devise that the negroes be kept together on the plantation and the farm be carried on in the same way as it was in my lifetime, until Nancy P. Jones shall marry or become of twenty-one years of age, or either Needhan P. Jones or Alfred Jones shall become of twenty-one years of age, then the property, both real and personal, shall be equally divided between them.
“Third. I devise that one-half of-each distributive share to my children, Nancy P. Jones,…
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