Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1955

Owen v. Gates

Owen v. Gates
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided January 14, 1955 · Per Curiam
85 S.E.2d 340; 241 N.C. 407; 1955 N.C. LEXIS 376 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Owen v. Gates

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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