Shearin v. Coleman

This suit involves a contest between the beneficiaries under the will of J. H. Barrow, who died in 1942, and the heirs at law of Mrs. J. H. Barrow, who died intestate in 1944. , For the purpose of the hearing, the two estates were combined since the beneficiaries under the will asserted that the estate of Mrs. Barrow did not include the funds here involved, which, it was claimed, passed under the husband’s will.

The petition sought inter alia to establish ownership of certain funds on deposit in a local bank. The decree adjudicated several matters as to which no error is predicated. From that…