Elkins v. . Seigler
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Peebles, J., at January Term, 1911, of New Hanoyeb. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Clark.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
This is an action submitted without controversy under Revisal, 803, to obtain the construction of the following item in the will of Mary W. Freeman: “I give and devise to my friend, Louis Chapman, for the term of his natural life, and after his death to Louisa Jones, and to the child or children of her body, forever: Provided, if the said Louisa Jones dies without leavihg any children, then, and in no other case, to my lawful heirs, all my real estate,” etc., etc.
Mary W. Freeman died 3 November, 1894, and Louis Chapman died in 1901. Louisa Jones at the death of Mary Freeman was single. In…
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