Turnage v. . Turnage
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Greene County, at the Fall Term 1850, This was a bill filed against an executrix for a settlement of the estate of her testator. The facts, upon which the questions submitted arose, are sufficiently stated ia the opinion delivered in this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
Travis Turnage, by his will, gives to his wife, Christiana, a negro woman, Amy, and all her increase, and, after giving her several other negroes, notes and other property, he adds, “and one negro woman, Phillis, and Tier increase ” Before the death of the testator and before the making of the will, Amy had a child named Holland, and Phillis a child named Tilman, By the 10th clause of the will, the testator gives to his brother Elias Turnage, “all the balance of my negroes, which I have not disposed of, and all of my notes after the other shares are drawn out.”
The first question raised is,…
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