Case ID: nc_173/html/0706-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Mrs. LENA FORBES et al. v. W. A. SAVAGE, Guardian.
    (Filed 14 March, 1917.)
    Descent and Distribution — Collateral Relation — Blood of Ancestor.
    
      Held, collateral relations to inherit lands must he of the blood of the ancestor who died seized and possessed thereof, and the judgment below 'in this case is affirmed under authority of Noble v. Williams, 167 N. C., 112.
    Civil actioN, tried before Stacy, J., at January Term, 1917, of Pitt.
    This is an action to determine the rights of the parties to certain money derived from the sale of land. The facts are stated in full in the judgment, which is as follows:
    This cause coming on to be heard, before W. P. Stacy, judge presiding, at January Term, 1917, of Pitt Superior Court, and being heard on the following agreed facts:
    1. That W. L. Anderson married Laura Smith, and as the result of said marriage four children were born, to wit, Louis Anderson, Ella Anderson, Georgia Anderson, and Lena Anderson.
    2. That .after the birth of said children the said W. L. Anderson died, and at the time of his death owned a tract of land, known as “The- 285-Acre Tract,” leaving surviving him the above named four children and the widow, Laura Anderson.
    3. That after the death of ~W. L. Anderson, his widow, Laura Anderson, married "W. A. Savage, and to them were born Juanita Savage, the petitioner in this case.
    4. That after the death of said W. L. Anderson, as above named, the said Ella Anderson, one of the survivors of W. L. Anderson, married one Tucker, and died intestate, leaving no children or child or issue of such.
    5. That the children now surviving W. L. Anderson, to wit, Louis Anderson, Lena Anderson Forbes, and George Anderson Gilbert, have in this special proceeding (Louis Anderson being a non compos mentis acting through his next friend, C. 0. Pierce) effected a sale of the said land described in the petition; that W. A. Savage in behalf of his ward, Jaunita Savage, did not oppose the sale of the same, but asks that one-sixteenth of the funds arising from the sale of the said land be held for her, to be paid to her if the court shall decide that she is entitled to the same, but if the court should decide that she is not entitled to it as heir at law of Ella Anderson Tucker, then that it shall be turned over to the original petitioners herein.
    It is now, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed that Juanita Savage is not an heir at law of Ella Anderson Tucker; that she had no interest in tlie tract of land described in tbe pleadings, or fund arising from tbe sale thereof; tbat said one-sixteenth being held to abide tbe claim of Juanita Savage be delivered to tbe said Louis Anderson, Georgia Anderson Gilbert, Lena Anderson Forbes, heirs at law of Ella Anderson Tucker. Tbat Juanita Savage take nothing by this action; and tbat original petitioners recover their costs of tbe said guardian, to be taxed by tbe clerk of this court. — _
    
      — _ W. P. Stacy,
    
      Judge Superior Court, Presiding.
    
    Tbe defendant excepted and appealed.
    
      F. M. Wooten for plaintiffs.
    
    
      S. J. Everett for defendants.
    
   Pee Cueiam.

Tbe judgment is affirmed on tbe authority of Noble v. Williams, 167 N. C., 112.

Affirmed.