Legal Opinion

In Re the Will of Evans

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 19, 1943PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBaeNHILL, J.

The only assignment of error in the record is in the following language: “The only exception is to the motion allowed by the judge and the judge’s charge directing the verdict in the cause.” It fails to point out the particular part of the charge — three pages in length' — to which the exception is directed.

The judge in his charge explained the requisites of a valid will and instructed the jury as to the burden of proof. He then charged: “So in this case, gentlemen of the jury, and under the evidence in this case, tbe court instructs you that if you believe the evidence and find the facts to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re HintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
  2. In Re Will of ReddingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  3. McGee v. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1936
  4. In Re Will of HarrisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Chisholm v. HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  2. In Re the Will of KempSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  3. In Re the Will of BallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
  4. Burney v. . HollowaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
  5. In Re the Will of CrawfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957

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