An infant unborn, but in esse, shall be deemed a person capable of taking by deed or other writing any estate whatever in the same manner as if he were born.
History
(R.C., c. 43, s. 4; Code, s. 1328; Rev., s. 1582; C.S., s. 1738.)
Legal Periodicals. - For article, "The Rule in Wild's Case in North Carolina," see 55 N.C.L. Rev. 751 (1977).
For note on the wrongful death of a viable fetus, see 23 Wake Forest L. Rev. 849 (1988).