Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1849 (Hawkins v. Simmons)

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Nash, J.

Archibald Green died in the }rear 1824, leaving a widow, Margaret, and three children, Mary, Martha, and Rhoda, the plaintiff. By his will he devised to his wife, Mary Green, for her life, among other things, a negro woman, Betty, and her increase, and, in a subsequent clause, he directs, that all the estate he has lent to his wife, shall after her death be equally divided between