delivered his opinion, and said the lands advanced must be brought into computation and valued as worth at the time of the gift; the lands to be divided must be valued as worth at the time of the ancestor's death.

NOTE. — This case was carried to the Court of Conference, where the judges were unanimously of opinion, that the judgment of the court below should be affirmed. See 5 N.C. 93. See, also, Norwood v. Branch,4 N.C. 400.

Cited: Dixon v. Coward, 57 N.C. 357.

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