Meares v. Meares's Exrs.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law oí New Hanover County at Fall Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Battle presiding. This was a petition filed by the plaintiff, who was a daughter of William B. Meares deed., bom after the making of her father’s will, to obtain a share of his estate, under the provisions of the act of Assembly, Rev. Stat. c. 122, s. 16, 17, The executrix and the legatees, heirs and next of kin of the deceased, were made parties defendant.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law oí New Hanover County at Fall Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Battle presiding. This was a petition filed by the plaintiff, who was a daughter of William B. Meares deed., bom after the making of her father’s will, to obtain a share of his estate, under the provisions of the act of Assembly, Rev. Stat. c. 122, s. 16, 17, The executrix and the legatees, heirs and next of kin of the deceased, were made parties defendant. The following are the material facts disclosed by the pleadings. On the 15th of October, 1838, William B. Meares made his will, of which he…
1Opinion of the Court
RuffiN. C. J.
The present proceeding is founded on the aet of 1808, “ to provide for children born after the making of their parent’s will,” by which it is enacted, that) when a child shall be born after the makingof the parent’s will» and such parent shall die loithout having made provision for said child, the child shall be entitled to such portions of the personal and real estates of the parent in value, as he or she would have been entitled to, had the parent died intestate ; which portions are to be made tip in a manner specified in the act The plaintiff’s right, therefore, depends upon…
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