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MAXWELL v. GRANTHAM

No. 737.

118 S.E.2d 426 (1961)

254 N.C. 208

John T. MAXWELL v. Hiram GRANTHAM, Executor for the Last Will and Testament of Janie Maxwell McIntosh, Miriam Dianne Maxwell, Jacqueline Maxwell and John T. Maxwell, Jr., Minor Children of John T. Maxwell.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. McLean, Lumberton, guardian ad litem, in pro. per.

William E. Timberlake, Lumberton, for plaintiff-appellee.

BOBBITT, Justice.

In Andrews v. Andrews, 253 N.C. 139, 116 S.E.2d 436, 439, this Court construed this provision of the will of Mrs. Lizzie May Banks: "All the remainder of my real and personal properties goes to my daughter Annie May—at her death all property be devided equaly among the grand children." It was held that this provision vested in the daughter (Annie May) only a life estate in...

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