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THOMPSON v. WATKINS

No. 7419SC42.

202 S.E.2d 487 (1974)

20 N.C. App. 717

Miriam Gaither THOMPSON et al. v. Harold L. WATKINS, Sr., Executor of the Estate of Anna L. Litaker, et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Allowed April 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Willeford, Boger & Grady, by John R. Boger, Jr., Concord, for plaintiff appellees.

Hartsell, Hartsell & Mills, P. A., by W. Erwin Spainhour, Concord, for defendant appellants.

Certiorari Allowed by Supreme Court April 2, 1974.

MORRIS, Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether Anna L. Litaker, predecessor in title to defendants, took a fee simple interest or whether she held the property as trustee for the plaintiffs when she, as life tenant, purchased the property at a foreclosure sale. We hold that she held the property as trustee for plaintiffs, and at her death, the title to the property passed to plaintiffs by...

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