Dyer v. State

GREENE, Judge.

The State of North Carolina (Propounder) appeals from an order of the trial court awarding attorneys fees to Barbara Dyer and Ronald Perkins (Caveators).

On 29 November 1982, Jannie Lou Perkins Alston (Testatrix) executed a will devising all of her property to the State of North Carolina. She died on 21 November 1985. In March of 1986 the Caveators, the children of the Testatrix, filed a caveat proceeding seeking to annul the probate of the will. The caveat proceeding was heard in the superior court, and on 8 February 1990, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the Propounder of…