Legal Opinion
Edwards v. . Faulkner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 10, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStact, C. J.
On the hearing, the title offered was properly made to depend upon the construction of the following clause in the will of Elizabeth Edwards:
“Second, I give and devise all my property, personal and real, to my nephew W. C. Edwards for his life time, and to his heirs if he dies without heirs, my property goes to my Bro. R. 0. Edwards, and after his death to my nephews children H. T. Edwards, and R. L. Edwards.”
The record discloses that W. 0. Edwards and R. L. Edwards are sons of R. C. Edwards and nephews of the testatrix; that no person by the name of “H. T. Edwards” is known to the parties as…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Starnes v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- Wool v. Fleetwood.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Puckett v. . MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Jones v. . WhichardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Reid v. . NealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Williams v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
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- White v. LackeyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
- Powell v. RobersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957