Camp v. . Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, brought by plaintiff, daughter and one of the heirs of Humphrey S. Camp, deceased, to obtain a construction of a clause in her father’s will and for payment of a legacy, tried by Watts, J., at the Special (December) Term, 1871, of the Superior Court of Halifax county.
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Civil action, brought by plaintiff, daughter and one of the heirs of Humphrey S. Camp, deceased, to obtain a construction of a clause in her father’s will and for payment of a legacy, tried by Watts, J., at the Special (December) Term, 1871, of the Superior Court of Halifax county. The testator left to each of his three daughters §3,000 in the following bequest: “ I do will and bequeath to my three daughters, Martha Jane, Mariana C. and Lucy Camp each, three thousand dollars in money or bonds, and in the event of the death of either one or any of my said daughters, without lawful issue, it is…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The will of Humphrey S. Camp, the (father of the plaintiff) contains the following clause:
“ I do will and bequeath to my three daughters, Martha Jane, Marianna C. and Lucy Camp, each three thousand dollars in money or bonds; and in the event of the death of either one or any of my said daughters without lawful issue, it is my will that her or their legacy shall be equally divided and heired by the survivor of my four daughters now single.”
The plaintiff, Martha Jane, has never married, the other two daughters named in the above clause have married and have children. The defendant is the…
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