In re the Will of Krantz

GREENE, Judge.

Plato Wilson, Propounder-Appellant (Propounder), as executor for the estate of Kenneth Mason (Jack) Krantz, Jr. (Decedent), appeals the granting of summary judgment for Roger Krantz, Caveator-Appellee (Caveator), in a proceeding involving the probate in solemn form and caveat of Decedent’s nuncupative will.

The facts reveal Decedent died at his residence in High Point, North Carolina, on Sunday, 1 June 1997, from cardiac arrest. Decedent was divorced, had no children, and had no close living relatives. Caveator, Decedent’s cousin, is Decedent’s closest living relative and only…