Hodges v. Lipscomb.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Samuel ITodges and wife Minnie D. ITodges, Eliza D. Hodges, Wiley D. Hodges,, Emily N. Hodges, S. W. Hodges, Robert G. Hodges and Minnie R. Hodges (tbe last .six being infants and appearing by tbeir next friend, Samuel Hodges), E. E. McDaniel and wife Bettie E. McDaniel, Paul Slocumb and wife Minnie 0. Slocumb, Sarab H. McDaniel, Georgia B. McDaniel, Bettie McDaniel, Madge McDaniel, and Albert A. Slocumb (tbe last five being infants .and appearing by tbeir next…
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ActioN by Samuel ITodges and wife Minnie D. ITodges, Eliza D. Hodges, Wiley D. Hodges,, Emily N. Hodges, S. W. Hodges, Robert G. Hodges and Minnie R. Hodges (tbe last .six being infants and appearing by tbeir next friend, Samuel Hodges), E. E. McDaniel and wife Bettie E. McDaniel, Paul Slocumb and wife Minnie 0. Slocumb, Sarab H. McDaniel, Georgia B. McDaniel, Bettie McDaniel, Madge McDaniel, and Albert A. Slocumb (tbe last five being infants .and appearing by tbeir next friend, E. E. McDaniel), plaintiffs, against James Lipscomb, Ernest Deans, Herbert'Roun-tree and James B. Rountree, beard…
1Opinion of the CourtClabe, J.
When one closes bis eyes on sublunary scenes, ¡and from bis cold grasp drops tbe things for which be has toiled, or sinned, be has no natural right to direct what shall become of them thereafter. The right to dispose of property by will is purely statutory, as Mr. Blackstone tells us. Erom the Conquest down to the comparatively recent Statute of Wills, 27 and 32 TIenry VIII, the power to dispose of realty by will did not exist in England (2 Bl. Com., 374). This-right is not recognized, or recognized only to a limited part of the estate, in Prance and many other countries. As it is. given by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Whitesides v. . CooperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Irvin v. . ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- Watson v. . DoddSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875
- Watson v. . DoddSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
- Williams v. . HassellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
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