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NEILL v. BACH

No. 173.

57 S.E.2d 385 (1950)

231 N.C. 391

NEILL et al. v. BACH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. S. Dockery, Rutherfordton, for plaintiffs.

Jones & Davis, Forest City, for defendant.

DENNY, Justice.

The appellant concedes that the principle of the acceleration of vested remainders has been recognized in this jurisdiction in several cases where the widow rejected the life estate devised to her with remainder to certain named beneficiaries. Cheshire v. Drewry, 213 N.C. 450, 197 S. E. 1; Young v. Harris, 176 N.C. 631, 97 S.E. 609, 5 A.L.R. 477; Baptist Female University of North Carolina v. Borden, 132 N.C. 476, 44 S.E. 47, 1007; Wilson v. Stafford...

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