JACKSON v. LANGLEY

No. 161.

66 S.E.2d 899 (1951)

234 N.C. 243

JACKSON et al. v. LANGLEY et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. R. McCown, Tryon, and J. Lee Lavender, Old Fort, for plaintiffs, appellees.

J. T. Arledge, Tryon, and James B. Dixon, Marion, S. C., for defendants, appellants.


DENNY, Justice.

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether John Alfred Langley, Jr., took a vested or contingent remainder in his mother's estate under the terms of her will. The court below held, in effect, that his interest in the estate was contingent upon his attaining the age of 25 years, and having died before attaining that age, the estate never vested in him. We do not concur in this construction or interpretation of the will.

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