Jeffreys v. Hocutt

ClabKSON, J.(1) Plaintiff, J. T. Jeffreys, owned a life estate in about 186 acres of land in Wilder’s Township, Johnston County, N. C. Tbe remainder was owned by bis minor children. (2) Early in tbe year 1920, prior to April, J. T. Jeffreys (fled tbe State) abandoned bis wife, Octavia Jeffreys, who was an invalid, and minor children, leaving them without any means of sustenance or support. Tbe defendant, B. A. Hocutt, is tbe brother of Octavia Jeffreys, tbe wife of plaintiff, J. T. Jeffreys, who, after tbe abandonment of bis sister and her children, took them in bis home and provided for and…