Owen v. Gates

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Owen v. Gates

85 S.E.2d 340, 241 N.C. 407, 1955 N.C. LEXIS 376

CourtSupreme Court of North Carolina

DecidedJanuary 14, 1955

Docket745

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Owen v. Gates, 85 S.E.2d 340, 241 N.C. 407, 1955 N.C. LEXIS 376 (N.C. 1955).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

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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Per Curiam.

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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85 S.E.2d 340, 241 N.C. 407, 1955 N.C. LEXIS 376, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/owen-v-gates-nc-1955.

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