Woods v. . Woods
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from tlic Court of Equity of Orange Cbunty. The bill was filed by the executors of the last will and testament of Joseph Woods, Sen’r., asking the advice- and direction of the Court upon certain questions growing out of said will.
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Cause removed from tlic Court of Equity of Orange Cbunty. The bill was filed by the executors of the last will and testament of Joseph Woods, Sen’r., asking the advice- and direction of the Court upon certain questions growing out of said will. The following are the provisions upon which the questions arise, viz: “Item 1st. I give and heqeath to my so-n Hugh Woods, one negro woman named Pleasant, and one negro boy named Haywood ; also one bed and furniture, and a negro girl named Pizza, or the proceeds of the said girl Pizza, if I sell her before my death. “Item 2nd. I give and bequeath to my…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Many questions are presented by the pleadings upon the construction of the will which is now before us. It was evidently written without the assistance of counsel, and needs all the aid which, can be derived from that circumstance, to enable us to give effect to the wishes of the testator. It affords evidence of itself, that it is the will of an old man, whose numerous children liad all grown up, most of them had married and had issue, and several of them had died, leaving families of children. It appears, from the admitted allegations of the bill, that most of the slaves, and some of the…
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