Legal Opinion

Cheshire v. . First Presbyterian Church

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 2, 1945PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDenny, J.

Substantially all tbe facts pertinent to tbis appeal are to be found in tbe former opinions of tbis Court referred to above. However, we deem it proper to give a resume of them.

Laura E. Cosby died in 1919, leaving a last will and testament. She directed her executor, W. N. Jones, to pay her debts and convert her remaining property into money and bold and invest tbe same in interest-bearing securities, and to pay tbe income therefrom to her brother, B. H. Cosby, for bis natural life. After tbe death of B. H. Cosby, tbe corpus of tbe fund was directed to be paid to Barium Springs Orphanage and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Pinnix v. . GriffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  2. Anderson v. . McRaeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  3. Brown v. E. H. Clement Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  4. Robinson v. . McAlhaneySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  5. Holloman v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Simmons v. LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  2. Bartlett v. HopkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952

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