In Re Tatum's Will

65 S.E.2d 351 (1951)

233 N.C. 723

In re TATUM'S WILL.

No. 750.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 7, 1951.

Egbert L. Haywood, Durham, for propounders, appellants.

Victor S. Bryant, Robert I. Lipton, Ralph N. Strayhorn, Victor S. Bryant, Jr., and Fuller, Reade, Umstead & Fuller, all of Durham, for caveator, appellee.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The testator was an inmate of Watts Hospital in the City of Durham from 23 January, 1950, until his death on 2 March, 1950. The will was executed in the hospital on 17 February, 1950. Mrs. I. J. Newton, a registered nurse who was on duty at the hospital during the…