In Re Scarborough

135 S.E.2d 529 (1964)

261 N.C. 565

In the Matter of W. H. SCARBOROUGH, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Velma Z. Rotta, Deceased.

No. 245.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 8, 1964.

Craighill, Rendleman & Clarkson, Charlotte, for respondent appellant.

Carpenter, Webb & Golding, Charlotte, for petitioner appellee.

RODMAN, Justice.

This is the factual situation on which the parties relied to support their respective positions: Rotta died at a motel in Laurens, South Carolina. She was on a journey from her home in Michigan to Florida. She had never resided in North Carolina, and had no heirs…