Legal Opinion

Robert K. Ward Living Trust ex rel. Schulz v. Peck

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 17, 2013No. COA13-125PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

STROUD, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals order dismissing its action as “barred by the statute of limitationsf.]” For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

Plaintiff, the Robert K. Ward Living Trust (“plaintiff’ or “the trust”), alleged in its complaint that defendant John J. Peck is an attorney who prepared various estate planning documents for Mr. Robert K. Ward, including the trust at issue. Mr. Ward was both the grantor and beneficiary of the trust which owned various properties that included real estate and businesses. On 10 December 2005, Mr. Ward died intestate, and under the terms of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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  4. Whisnant v. Carolina Farm Credit, ACACourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  5. Taylor v. Hospice of Henderson County, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

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