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MARKS v. THOMAS

No. 309.

78 S.E.2d 340 (1953)

238 N.C. 544

MARKS v. THOMAS et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Whitehurst and George B. Riddle, Jr., New Bern, for plaintiff, appellant.

C. E. Hancock, Jr., New Bern, for defendants, appellees.

DEVIN, Chief Justice.

The question presented by this appeal involves the interpretation of the provisions of the will of Belle Marks Hyman wherein she devised certain real property "to Harriett Marks during her lifetime, and at her death to Ruth Thomas and Fannie Thomas only during their lifetime, and at their death, back to my estate." Under this provision, considered in connection with the language of the first clause of the will, does the plaintiff Harriett Marks...

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