Wrenn v. Holyfield
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
Lucy W. Wrenn and Verlie W. Barker (collectively “caveators”) appeal the entry of judgment in favor of respondent, Orna W. *296Holyfield (“respondent”). We affirm the trial court’s initial grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent, reserving the issue of devisavit vel non. We find no error in the trial court’s subsequent entry of judgment for respondent following a jury verdict in respondent’s favor on the remaining issue of devisavit vel non.
I. Facts
Caveators and respondent are sisters. Their mother, Mary Crouse Whitaker (“Whitaker”) died testate on 8 July 1997. Whitaker’s…
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