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214 N.C. 408

199 S.E 381

Hill v. Colie

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 9, 1938

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1938-11-09

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1950

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Decided 1938-11-09

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¶1Any legacy to Euth Colie was defeated by the sale by the testator of the farm on which he lived and his abandonment of it as his residence prior to his death, and his failure to establish any other residence, in which “household furniture and tangible property in, around and about or used in connection” therewith could exist. Any devise to Euth Colie was defeated by the sale by the testator of all of his land prior to his death.

¶2The only valid legacy in the will being that of $300.00 in cash to Dan Colie, and there being no residuary clause in the will, his Honor was correct in adjudging that as to the remaining personal property of *410bis estate Albert Hill died intestate and tbat tbe residue after tbe payment of bis debts, tbe $300.00 in casb to Dan Oolie, and tbe costs of administration, should be distributed to tbe next of kin of Albert Hill according to tbe statutes of distribution.

¶3Tbe judgment of tbe Superior Court is

¶4Affirmed.

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