Carter v. . Worrell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Shipp, Judge, at Pall Term, 1886, of Hertford Superior Court. It appears that James A. Worrell died, leaving a last will and testament, which was duly proved, of which the following is a copy: “ Jtem 1. I leave unto my wife Harriet, enough land, including houses, for a one-horse crop.
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Civil actioN, tried before Shipp, Judge, at Pall Term, 1886, of Hertford Superior Court. It appears that James A. Worrell died, leaving a last will and testament, which was duly proved, of which the following is a copy: “ Jtem 1. I leave unto my wife Harriet, enough land, including houses, for a one-horse crop. I also give her one horse and buggy, and what farming utensils she may need to carry on a crop, including household and kitchen furniture, during her natural life or widowhood. “ Item 2. I give unto my son Walter, all the lands north of the main road dividing my farm, to him and his…
1Opinion of the Court
Merrimon, J.,
(after stating the facts). The Court properly interpreted the provision in question of the will before us.
It is clear, we think, that the testator intended to give his land to his sons — one an infant and the other of full age— charged respectively with pecuniary lagacies in favor of their two sisters. That part of it situate on the north side of the road, which it seems made a covenant line of division, he devised to Walter “after the death of his mother,” charged in the meantime with the common support of his widow and his two infant children, and with a legacy of one thousand…
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