Thomas v. Thomas

129 S.E.2d 239 (1963)

258 N.C. 590

J. Benton THOMAS, Crawford L. Thomas and Ina Thomas Lentz Paulston

v.

Harold Stanley THOMAS.

No. 596.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1963.

Hostetler & McNeill, Raeford, Seawell & Harrell, Raleigh, for plaintiffs.

Simons & Simons, Miami, Fla., Clark & Braswell, Fayetteville, for defendant.

DENNY, Chief Justice.

The question for determination on this appeal is simply this: Where a testator devises real property to a son for life and then to the children of said son living at the time of his death, does a child adopted by the son after the death of the…