Coppedge v. Coppedge

66 S.E.2d 777 (1951)

234 N.C. 173

COPPEDGE

v.

COPPEDGE et al.

No. 97.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 26, 1951.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 15, 1951.

O. B. Moss, Spring Hope, and Hill Yarborough, Louisburg, for defendants, appellants.

Itimous T. Valentine and Cooley & May, all of Nashville, for defendants, appellees.

L. L. Davenport, Nashville, for E. W. Coppedge, plaintiff, appellee.

DENNY, Justice.

The intent of the testator is the polar star that must guide the courts in the interpretation of a will. Buffaloe v. Blalock, 232 N.C. 105, 59 S.E.2d 625; Elmore v. Austin, 232 N.C. 13,…