Williams v. . Lewis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried before Merrimon, J., at Spring Term, 1887, of Nash Superior Court. Judgment for plaintiffs; defendant appealed. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The controversy in this action arises out of the conflicting interpretations of the will of William Jane Bryant (under which both parties derive their claim of title), who died in August, 1872, shortly after making it.
The testatrix, after giving to her daughter Medora fifty acres, to be taken from the southern portion of her tract of land, to be run off and allotted to her by her executor, which has been done, devises as follows:
Item 3d. “I will and devise that my son Robert, and my daughter Ellen, have two hundred acres of land, laid off in good shape, to include all the houses and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buchanan v. . BuchananSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
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