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  "name": "W. R. GRACE & COMPANY v. J. P. JOHNSON et al.",
  "name_abbreviation": "W. R. Grace & Co. v. Johnson",
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    "parties": [
      "W. R. GRACE & COMPANY v. J. P. JOHNSON et al."
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        "text": "Stacy, 0. J.\nOn tbe bearing, tbe question presented was properly-made to depend upon tbe construction of tbe following clause in tbe will of Archibald Bryant Godwin, wbo died 13 April, 1899:\n\u201cItem Third: I devise and bequeath to my beloved son, Archie Bradley Godwin, my homestead, including all buildings and fixtures thereto belonging to him and tbe heirs of bis body, if any, there should be, and if none at his death, then to his brothers and sisters, their heirs and assigns, forever, bounded and described as follows:\u201d (Description not in dispute.)\nArchie Bradley Godwin is now living and is the father of one child, also living. Prior to the execution of a deed by the said devisee conveying the property to H. L. Godwin on 1 January, 1919, Archie Bradley Godwin had taken deeds from all his living brothers and sisters, and the children (all of age) of a deceased brother for their interests, \u201cboth present and prospective, and both vested and contingent in the land described in item three of the will of Archibald Bryant Godwin.\u201d\nIn view of the stipulation of the parties, it would appear that on authority of the decisions rendered in O\u2019Neal v. Borders, 170 N. C., 483, and Hobgood v. Hobgood, 169 N. C., 485, and the principle they illustrate, judgment should have been entered for the plaintiff. These decisions are so clearly decisive of the question presented that we deem it unnecessary to do more than refer to them.\n. Error.",
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        "author": "Stacy, 0. J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kenneth C. Boyall for plaintiff.",
      "Clifford & Townsend for defendants."
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    "head_matter": "W. R. GRACE & COMPANY v. J. P. JOHNSON et al.\n(Filed 15 December, 1926.)\nWills \u2014 Devises\u2014Estates\u2014Contingent Interests \u2014 Deeds and Conveyances \u2014Defeasible Pee.\nA devise of Ms homestead to the testator\u2019s son \u201cto him and the heirs of his body, if any, and if none then to his brothers and sisters, their heirs and assigns\u201d: Held,, the devisee named in the will may acquire a fee-simple title by deed conveying their \u201cinterests both present, past and prospective, vested and contingent,\u201d from his living brothers and sisters and the children (all of age) of such as are deceased. O\u2019Neal v. Borden, 170 N. C., 483, and other eases cited as controlling.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Cranmer, J., at November Term, 1926, of HaRNETT.\nControversy without action, submitted on an agreed statement of facts.\nOn 15 December, 1920, H. L.' Godwin conveyed, by full warranty deed, a certain tract of land to the defendants, J. P. Johnson and N. M. Johnson, and took, as part payment of the purchase money a promissory note of the grantee in the sum of $4,248.48, due 1 November, 1924, which said note was, for value, endorsed to the\u2019 plaintiff, W. B. Grace & Co. Defendants have declined to pay the note on the ground that the deed under which they acquired the property conveys only a defeasible fee, and not a fee simple.\nIt was agreed that the question should be determined according to the court\u2019s opinion as to the alleged infirmity of defendant\u2019s title. Under this stipulation, the court being of opinion that the title was defective, judgment was entered for the defendants, from which the plaintiff appeals.\nKenneth C. Boyall for plaintiff.\nClifford & Townsend for defendants."
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