Legal Opinion

Bailey v. . McLain

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 1, 1939Published

1Opinion of the CourtSea well, J.

¥e think the conclusions of law reached by the trial court are not warranted by the facts. These conclusions, with the reasoning by which they were apparently reached, are two: First, that because there was objection to the will by some of the heirs at law of H. A. Smith, and the plaintiffs are also heirs at law, and a compromise was made removing the objections, and the will was thereafter probated in solemn form and was sustained by a verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court cutting off all further objections, they are, by reason *153of these facts, entitled to a proportionate share of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  2. Rector, Etc. v. . TeedNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Reynolds Ex Rel. Cannon v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  4. English v. CrenshawTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
  5. In re Estate of GravesIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

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