In Re Will of Yelverton

It is the contention of the propounders that the declarations of Harrison Yelverton, son of the alleged testator and one of the caveators, and the conversations he had with Paul Yelverton, another son and- administrator c. t. a. of the deceased, relative to the mental condition of their father, were not against the interest of said caveator, but decidedly in his favor, and, for this reason, were incompetent and should have been excluded. McDonald v. McLendon, 173 N. C., 172, 91 S. E., 1017; In re Fowler, 156 N. C., 340, 72 S. E., 357; Linebarger v. Linebarger, 143 N. C., 229, 55 S. E., 709;…