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3 N.C. 161

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Superior Court of North Carolina · decided 1802-07-05

¶'«ESTATOR had devised a Negro to his wife and also lands •A for hfe ; and the executors of the testator sued for the NeEl'°

Decided 1802-07-05

*162 Johnston, Judge.

¶1 The words and also continue the clause, and the words for life refer to all that precedes. She had an interest for life in the Negro as well as in the lands, and there re-muned a reversion which vested in the executors ; and although the next of kin may be entitled to it, }-et the executors must distribute it, and must recover in the first instance, in order to that distribution.

¶2 Judgment according^.

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