Superior Court of North Carolina January 5, 1801 (Foy v. . Foy)

A trust estate, when once raised, is governable by the rules of the common-law with respect to its transmission and descent. It will descend according to the rules of the common law; it is subject to a tenancy by the curtesy; a devise of it must be attested in the same manner as the devise of a legal estate. 5 Ba. Ab., 391; 2 P. W., 645; 1 P. W., 109; 1 Bl. Re., 160, 161; Sand on Uses, 188.