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In Re the Last Will & Testament of Lomax

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 18, 1946PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSea well, J.

This is tbe fourth time tbe present case bas been bere on appeal. It is beginning to look as if tbe shade of Maggie Nipson Lomax, whose purported will bas so long vexed tbe courts, may be as bard to down as Banquo’s ghost. She left only a small estate, valued at some $12,000.00, accumulated by thrift and frugality while chambermaid at a hotel in Asheville. Counsel for the propounders, currently the winner, admonishes us that unless the litigation is stopped somewhere, “there is not going to be anything left for anybody finally,” and adjures us “not to send the Lomax will case back.” We may as…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. In Re HintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
  2. McLeary v. . NormentSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  3. In Re Will of Amelia EverettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
  4. In Re WestfeldtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  5. In Re the Will of BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re Will of HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  2. In Re the Will of ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  3. In the Matter of Will of EdgertonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1976
  4. Whitley v. ReddenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  5. Matter of Will of RicksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977

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