WEATHERS v. BELL

No. 377.

61 S.E.2d 600 (1950)

232 N.C. 561

WEATHERS et al. v. BELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 1, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Land, Sowers & Avery, Statesville, for plaintiffs.

Z. V. Turlington and W. R. Pope, Mooresville, for defendant.


DENNY, Justice.

The defendant contends that his sister Eleanor, upon the death of the testatrix, became seized of a life estate in the real property in question, and that her subsequent marriage did not divest her of such estate; and, that not until her death is the property to be divided equally among her living sisters or their heirs.

The intent of the testatrix is the polar star that must guide us in the interpretation of her will. This intent is to be...

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