Tillman v. . O'Briant
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
On tbe bearing, tbe question in difference was made to depend on tbe construction of tbe following clause in tbe will of W. D. Yarboro, late of Person County, tbis State:
“Item 3. I direct tbat my ‘Will Clayton Place’ . . . shall be sold and tbe proceeds divided equally between Maggie Rbew’s children and Lou Bettie O’Briant and Dewey Yarboro.”
Tbe case states tbat Maggie Rbew was a deceased daughter of tbe testator; tbe plaintiffs in interest are her seven children. Lou Bettie O’Briant is tbe only daughter of another deceased daughter of tbe testator; and Dewey Yarboro was treated as bis foster…
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