Hill v. . Spruill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause transmitted by consent from the Court of Equity of Halifax County*' at tbe Spring Term, 1848. ' ' This is a bill filed by the plaintiff, as administrator with the will annexed of Rebecca Hill, to obtain a construction by the Court of certain clauses in the will. The points presented are stated by the Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
Mrs. Rebecca Hill made her will and therein bequeathed as follows: “ It is my wish, that all my property be equally divided among my grand-children, that are living at the time of my death; and that their parents have the use of it as long as they live.” The testatrix had had six children. A daughter had married James B. Urquhart and died, leaving her husband and children, who survived the testatrix. Another daughter married George E. Spruill, and he died just before the testatrix. The other four, two sons and two daughters, were married and had respectively unequal numbers of children at the…
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