In Re Will of Bowling
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Long, J., and a jury, at January Term, 1909, of DURHAM. Tbe propounders offered a paper writing .purporting to be tbe last will and testament of William Bowling, deceased, for probate before tbe Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Durham County.
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ActioN tried before Long, J., and a jury, at January Term, 1909, of DURHAM. Tbe propounders offered a paper writing .purporting to be tbe last will and testament of William Bowling, deceased, for probate before tbe Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Durham County. Tbe caveators ’filed a caveat in due form, and filed tbe bond as prescribed by tbe statute, whereupon an issue was prepared and transferred to tbe Superior Court for trial: Tbe jury answered tbe issue in tbe affirmative, and judgment was rendered in accordance therewith. Tbe caveators noted exceptions to bis Honor’s rulings upon tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The caveators lodged a large number of exceptions, but in their brief, discuss only those which go to the merits of the controversy. Tbe evidence tended to show that the testator signed the paper writing at bis home and took it with him to Rougemont, a village near by, where be requested Mr. Flin-tom and Mr. Lawson to witness it. B. P. Bowling, son of the testator, one of the executors and devisees, testified: “I saw the paper writing, now shown me, purporting to be the will of Captain Bowling. My father signed it before be carried it down to the store tbat morning. He signed it that day,…
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