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EDWARDS v. EDWARDS

No. 311.

86 S.E.2d 268 (1955)

241 N.C. 694

George EDWARDS and wife, Mary J. Edwards v. George O. EDWARDS, Yvonne Edwards, Douglas Edwards, James F. Edwards, Edith R. Edwards, Jo Ann Edwards, and Robert S. Edwards, Minors; and Unborn Children of George Edwards as May Hereafter Be Born to the Death of George Edwards, and Any Child or Children of George Edwards in Esse at the Death of George Edwards, Appearing by Their Guardian ad litem, K. A. Pittman.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. A. Pittman, Snow Hill, for defendants-appellants.

George W. Edwards, Snow Hill, for plaintiffs-appellees.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The sole question involved in this appeal is the disposition of the real estate made in Item 2 of the will of Charles Best. That George Edwards is the owner of a life estate in an undivided one-fourth of the land, with remainder to his children, is not in dispute. The will plainly so provides and the trial judge was correct in so deciding. The controversy arises with respect to the remaining three-fourths interest. Careful consideration of the will...

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