Shoup v. AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY

The appellants seriously contend that the plaintiffs, being only part-time help, were not “employees of The Charlotte Observer” within the meaning of the will of Curtis B. Johnson and, therefore, the trial court erred in ruling that plaintiffs are entitled to legacies under the provisions of his will, citing Schouler on Wills (5th Ed.), Yol. 1, section 566a; Page on Wills, Lifetime Edition, Vol. 3, section 1035; Rood on Wills, section 460; Metcalf v. Sweeney, 17 R.I. 213, 21 A. 364, and In re Will of Johnson, 233 N.C. 570, 65 S.E. 2d 12.

It is stated in the above cited section of Schouler on…