Legal Opinion

Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Laws

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 28, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSchenck, J.

This was an action by the "Wachovia Bank & Trust Company as substituted trustee under the will of the late George S. Kernodle for a construction of said will and for advice and instruction in administering the trust therein established.

There were fifty-three named defendants, fourteen of whom filed answers.

The will involved established a trust of the real estate of the testator and provided among other things that the trust should terminate and the funds thereof be distributed upon the death of five cestuis que trust-ent, naming them, and although it appears that two of these persons are…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Reynolds Ex Rel. Cannon v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Penick v. Bank of WadesboroSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  2. Johnson v. WagnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. Johnson v. . WagnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  4. Fulk & Needham, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1968
  5. Edmisten v. SandsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983

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