Case Name: Battle vs. the executors of Yates
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1804-05
Citations: 2 Hayw. 304
Docket Number: 
Parties: Battle vs. the executors of Yates.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 304–305

Head Matter:
Battle vs. the executors of Yates.
*pKIS was a petition brought by one of the next bin of the •A testator, claiming a proportion of a surplus not bequeathed by the will ot the testator. It was argued between the counsel-that the eau'fe should he submitted to the court upon the following statement. Th.it the testator amongst other bequests, made the following; After tr.y debts are paid, it is my will and de« “ s;rt- that my stock of hogs and cattle, my notes and accounts, 11 shall go in Us- Willie ms.” That the executor paid the debts of the elvSti- mst of the undisnoied surplus j and that if this ap- ípKcníion oí ¿13 cúrala:, b* tie evscuior wi proprr j and i« h« i»'»» boí be usó fo i’-'.y &<•• ¿etw nss of tile kg*cy br<joeA<htd í¿ XJs. Wii>.4<»s, »\ut ch»si üí-- í'í'thuíí» shoutd.he disnsissíji,™níL' ?■= wCe there wfe» to be judgment so? the petitioner, A"ter eygu-s:. ear.

Opinion:
Lock, Ju.Íí]1;,
dechtvj bis ochúon that che app'kaíioa oííh; by the eseciuor, wtn ¡r/opc*-,,
AuJ Ule petition was ¿ksr.ssed»