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In Re the Will of Ball

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 11, 1945PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBarnhill, J.

Mrs. Delia Zimmerman, one of tbe caveators, offered to relate a conversation with Mrs. Ball, tbe beneficiary. This alleged conversation took place in 1933, approximately four years after tbe will was executed. At tbe time of tbe trial Mrs. Ball was not living. Tbe evidence was excluded. It relates to proposed future conduct of Mrs. Ball and is of such slight and doubtful probative force we need not decide whether technically there is error in tbe ruling. In any event its exclusion was not prejudicial. Lee v. Williams, 111 N. C., 200.

In seeking for any possible evidence of undue influence we…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In Re Will of CravenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  2. In Re Will of MuellerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  3. In Re Will of Amelia EverettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
  4. Linebarger v. Linebarger.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  5. In Re Will of BroachSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In Re the Will of JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2008
  2. In Re the Purported Will of AndrewsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  3. In Re Will of HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  4. Russell v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
  5. In Re the Will of ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958

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