TUNNELL v. BERRY

No. 842SC536.

326 S.E.2d 288 (1985)

Lucille B. TUNNELL, John M. Berry, Jr., Henry Clay Berry, Merlin S. Berry, Velma A. Berry, Landreth W. Berry, Kay Berry Young, Frances C. Barbour, Mrs. Edward W. Cahoon, Evelyn Ann Croley, Phillip S. Harris, Elizabeth C. La Voy, Nicholas D. Harris, Marietta C. Heobeat, Clary Weston, Wade Swindell, Ella S. Berry, Nell Grace Berry, Reuben W. Berry, Jr., William C. Berry, Leona Berry Lupton, Carlos Berry, Jr., Samuel G. Jones, Jr., William C. Jones, Mary Ruth Jones Scott, Charles A. Jones, Howard E. Jones, Thad Brown, Mary Anna Brown Wilkinson, John Kenneth Brown, Alexander B. Berry, III, Timothy B. Berry, Elva Anne Berry Yates, Hazel Berry Baker, Frances Berry Caviness, Susan Swindell Wenrich, Mark Edward Swindell, Dallas N. Berry, Sr., James F. Berry, Evelyn Berry Parry Ellis, Margaret T. Pittman, Shirley Berry Phillips, Richard Duane Berry, Charles Henry Hall, C. Timothy Smith, Eunice S. Darden, Nellie B. Outland, James E. Bridgman, Sandra B. Partin, Irene B. Lassiter, Harvey D. Williams, Jr., Michael V. Holton, Jack M. Holton, Wilbur Clay Holderby, Hildah Jones Murray, Z. Vance Jones, Jr., Georgia E. Harris, Jean Harris Potter, Dorothy Harris Ireland, Myra Harris Mayo, James T. Harris, Ruby Harris Williams, Dora Harris Clayton, Richard Berry Harris, Jr., Ella Louise Harris, Nancy J. Mussel, Betsy J. Nugent, Mike E. Jones, Jr., Polly Ann Berry Cutrell, Metrah Warren Williams, Clarence Spencer Holton, Jr., Mary Ann J. Beard, Lewis B. Jones, Virginia Jones Mc Kie, Joseph Swindell Credle, Melinda Credle Easton, Marjorie Ann Williams, Glenn W. Holderby, Hal Ford Holton, John B. Mc Gowan, Mary Katheryn Mc Gowan, Dorman J. Mc Gowan, James A. Mc Gowan, Jr., Linda Mc Gowan Mc Queen, Richard Berry, and Leslie Jones, Jr., Hilda J. Murray v. Mrs. Job BERRY, W. Gratz Spencer and Wife, Margaret M. Spencer, Morris Berry, Roy Cahoon, William Cliff Cahoon, Hiatt B. Cahoon and Wife, Norma Earle S. Cahoon, Richard Dicks, Charles Dicks, Dorthy Dicks Radcliffe, Millicent Harris Lupton, Myra H. Youngs, Bobby Berry, Alexander Berry Credle, George V. Credle, III, Charles Berry, Gui V. Harris, Mrs. James Barnes, Lee Williams, Fannie Cahoon Boomer, Metta Mc Gowan, David Mc Gowan, Scott Holton, Mrs. Atril Lilly, Mrs. Dorcus E. Clarke, Mrs. Jean Ross, Carolyn Jones, Selby Jones, Ruth Holton Dale, Cecil Ruben Harris, and Eastwood Hubert, and any other Per Stirpes Issue of John Berry.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodman, Rodman, Holscher & Francisco by Edward N. Rodman, Washington, and Davis & Davis by George Thomas Davis, Jr., Swanquarter, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wilkinson & Vosburgh by James R. Vosburgh, Washington, for defendants-appellees.


ARNOLD, Judge.

The first issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred by concluding that the words "brothers and sisters or their heirs" in the will of John Berry were words of limitation rather than words of purchase, and that as such they served only to preserve the ancestral shares of the "brothers and sisters."

Words of purchase in wills are those words which designate the persons to whom an estate in land is granted, while words of...

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