Perkins v. . Isley

This appeal may be determined by answering the following questions: 1. Did Irene Perkins Isley renounce and refuse to take under the last will and testament of her mother, Mrs. Lalah Boss Perkins? 2. If so, did the renunciation have the effect of a conveyance which required the written assent of her husband, as provided in Art. X, sec. 6, of the Constitution of North Carolina, unless she was a freetrader under the provisions of G. S., 52-6? We think the first question must be answered in the affirmative and the second in the negative.

The weight of authority is to the effect that a legatee or…