Legal Opinion

In Re Last Will & Testament of Southerland

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 8, 1924PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.

The only heirs at law of the alleged testatrix are her two children, E. E. Southerland and Lucy Jolly, the propounders, and her grandchild, Susie Lee, tbe caveator. Susie’s mother, who was a sister of the propounders, intermarried with T. W. Lee on 14 October, 1914, and died on 10 October, 1918. Two days before her mother’s death, Susie Lee, when about nine months of age, while critically ill, was committed by her father to the friendly keeping of H. D. Williams and his wife.

The cause came on for hearing, and the propounders, after offering-evidence tending to establish the paper-writing as…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re Will of ChismanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  2. Outlaw v. . Hurdle and OthersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1853
  3. Rollins v. . WickerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  4. Wise v. . ShortSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  5. Egerton v. . CarrSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In Re the Will of MucciSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  2. Fawcett v. . FawcettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  3. In Re Will of ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
  4. Ziglar v. . ZiglarSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  5. In Re Will of MucciCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975

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