When real estate is conveyed to any person, the same shall be held and construed to be a conveyance in fee, whether the word "heir" is used or not, unless such conveyance in plain and express words shows, or it is plainly intended by the conveyance or some part thereof, that the grantor meant to convey an estate of less dignity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-1
Fee presumed, though word "heirs" omitted
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Station Associates, Inc. v. Dare County (1998)
Most recently applied in Station Associates, Inc. v. Dare County (July 1998)
1879, c. 148; Code, s. 1280; Rev., s. 946; C.S., s. 991.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.