Crumpton v. Mitchell

EXUM, Justice.

By order entered at the 20 December 1979 Session of Person Superior Court Judge Anthony Brannon concluded as a matter of law that respondents were not entitled to share in certain proceeds passing under a deed. The sole question presented is whether those adopted out of a family take as “issue” of that family under a deed granting a remainder to “issue.” We conclude that they do not and affirm the decision of the trial court. 1

The facts are not in dispute. On 1 December 1941 G.E. Harris and wife Valeria Harris conveyed a tract of land in Person County to “Ruth Harris Crumpton…