Legal Opinion

Faribault v. . Taylor

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1859PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Cause remove^ from tibe Court of Equity of Wake county. The bill was filed by the administrator, with the will annexed of Dr. A. IT. Taylor, for directions and advice as to his duty in carrying out the intentions of the testator in the several particulars stated in the pleadings. The clauses in the said will, and the facts applicable to the questions raised thereon, are so fully stated in the opinion of the Court, that it is deemed unnecessary to 'repeat them here. -

1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.

The bill is filed by the plaintiff, as the administrator with the will annexed of Dr. Alexander H. Taylor, for the purpose of getting the advice and direction of the Court as to the proper construction of certain clauses in the will of the testator.

1. The difficulty is presented in the clause, which gives the share of his estate, to which the testator’s oldest daughter, Mrs. Spivey, may be entitled, to certain trustees, in trust “for ¡the benefit of her and her children, free and exclusive from ;any control of her present, or any other husband, she may have.” At the time of the testator’s…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ballantyne v. . TurnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1861
  2. Hooker v. . MontagueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
  3. Bullock v. . BullockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1832
  4. Hooker v. . MontagueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
  5. McAuley v. . WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1828

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