LANGSTON v. WOOTEN

No. 388.

59 S.E.2d 605 (1950)

232 N.C. 124

LANGSTON et ux. v. WOOTEN et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Greene, Kinston, for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. White, Kinston, for defendants.


DENNY, Justice.

The appellants raise the following questions: (1) Is the language of the will under which the plaintiff, J. C. Langston, Jr., claims title, sufficient to devise to said plaintiff the fee simple title to a portion of testator's land? (2) If so, does the provision that the devisees shall "have no right to sell it, except to each other" constitute a valid limitation upon the right of alienation?

The first question, when considered in light of...

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