In re Will of Brauff

This is an appeal from an order of Judge Bone affirming an order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilson County in a probate proceeding. On 8 February, 1957, the Clerk entered an order removing Laura E. Brauff as executrix of the estate of Herbert D. Brauff and appointing Robert M. Wiley administrator c.t.a. Thereafter Laura E. Brauff moved the Clerk to vacate the order and revoke the letters testamentary issued to Wiley.

These are the essential background facts: Herbert D. Brauff died on 15 June, 1955, seized of property, tangible and intangible, in Wilson County and elsewhere in North…