Legal Opinion
Liptrap v. Coyne
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided May 5, 2009No. COA08-991PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STROUD, Judge.
This case presents two issues for review: (1) whether a surviving spouse who makes payments pursuant to a guaranty agreement on a note executed by her deceased husband is entitled to reimbursement from the estate of the deceased and (2) whether the surviving spouse’s suit for reimbursement was barred by the prenuptial agreement entered into by plaintiff and her deceased husband. Because we answer yes to the first question and no to the second, we affirm.
I. Background
On 6 March 1998, Patricia P. Coyne Liptrap nee Crump (“plaintiff’) and Louis P. Coyne (“the deceased”) entered a…
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