Schaeffer v. . Haseltine
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtBarnhill, J.
Subject to the intervening life estate devised to Mrs. Davidson, a one-half interest in Beaufort Lodge was devised to the trustee for the use of Frances Carter Schaeffer for life, with power in her to appoint by will the ultimate takers. ' This limitation over was subject to be defeated by a sale of the property by the trustee with the consent of the widow. The property was not sold and Mrs. Schaeffer died, leav ing a will in which she exercised the power, designating her two children, the individual plaintiffs, as the ultimate takers. Therefore, upon the death of Martin W. Schaeffer, the…
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