¶1The plaintiff claims under a deed irans- " ferring a Negro slave to A, his executors, adminisraters and assigns forever; provided, í/jeí if A died under 18 or without issue, then to the plaintiff\ A. died under 18. The absolute property vested in A. and the after limitation is void. Mad he given for the life of A. and made a limitation over it would seem as if there was something left to be disposed of after the !ue of A. Here that is impossible; there cannot be a limitation by deed of the remainder of a personal chattel. The case of Timms and Potter was the limitation of a trust in remainder and that i» good.
3 N.C. 182
Gilbert v. Murdock
Superior Court of North Carolina
Decided May 15, 1802
Superior Court of North Carolina · decided 1802-05-15
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1953
1 state decisions
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Decided 1802-05-15
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