Watson v. . Dodd
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, brought by the plaintiff in the Superior Court of Wake county, to subject the interest which the defendant had in certain land situate in the said county to the payment and satisfaction of a judgment which he had obtained against him and had docketed in said Court.
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This was a civil action, brought by the plaintiff in the Superior Court of Wake county, to subject the interest which the defendant had in certain land situate in the said county to the payment and satisfaction of a judgment which he had obtained against him and had docketed in said Court. The interest of the defendant in the said land was derived under a clause in the will of Josiah O. Watson, deceased, which devised it to John W. B. Watson, to have and to hold during his life, and at his death to such children of the said John W. B. Watson as might be then living, and the isssue of such as…
1Opinion of the Court
Pearson, O. J.
In Watson v. Watson, Jones’ Eq. 400, it is said by Judge Battle, in reference to the will of Josiah O. Watson, which is now under consideration: “John W. B. Watson is tenant for life, with a contingent remainder in fee to his children who may be living at his death, and to the issue of such children who may have died in his life time; with ‘an executory devise’ over to the defendants in the event of his dying without leaving issue.” It was not necessary to decide whether the limitation over to the defendants was a contingent remainder or an executory devise, for that case turned…
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