Owen v. Gates
85 S.E.2d 340, 241 N.C. 407, 1955 N.C. LEXIS 376
Opinion
The language used by the testator in paragraph 4 of bis will is clear and unambiguous. There is no room for construction. What prompted the testator to limit the estate devised to plaintiff to an estate for life we do not know. Even so, this be did in language which cannot be misunderstood, and there is no other provision in the will evidencing an intent to the contrary. We must, therefore, accept the will as the testator made it.
Tbe judgment entered in tbe court below is
Affirmed.
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