Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1807

Winaut's Heirs v. Winaut's Devisees

Winaut's Heirs v. Winaut's Devisees
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided July 5, 1807 · BY THE COURT.
5 N.C. 148
Winaut's Heirs v. Winaut's Devisees

Opinion of the Court

By the Court

The .devise to the witness, Margaret Haughfon, of pei'niission to stay six months in the house, if she chooses, conveys to her no title either to the bouse or land : and (lie will being sufficiently proved as to the persona! estate by the other witness, there appears to be no such interest in Margaret Haughton as to destroy her competency as a witness to prove the will for the lands»

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