Legal Opinion
Makely v. . Shore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 20, 1918PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at chambers in Edenton, 17 November, 1917; from Hyde. This is a petition for partition'beard before tbe Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Hyde, wbo dismissed tbe petition. Upon appeal, tbis judgment was affirmed by Bond, J., at chambers in Edenton, 17 November, 1917, and tbe petitioners appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClaeK, C. J.
Metrah Makely died leaving an estate, estimated at $300,000, which be disposed of by tbe following will, which was duly admitted to probate, and which is not contested:
“I, Metrah Makely, Senior, do make this my last Will and Testament; I give, bequeath, and devise all my property of every kind to my beloved wife, Mary, to have complete control of during her life, to sell to pay any just debts of mine, or to sell to divide among her children, George, Metrah, Luella, Alice, and Agnes, to be divided equally between them. In the event my wife should be of opinion that it would be to the interest…
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