Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1846 (Hill v. . Spruill)

Ruffin, C. J.

Mrs. Rebecca Hill made her will and therein bequeathed as follows: “ It is my wish, that all my property be equally divided among my grand-children, that are living at the time of my death; and that their parents have the use of it as long as they live.” The testatrix had had six children. A daughter had married James B.