In re the Will of Palmer
Supreme Court of North Carolina
MotioN heard, on appeal from the judgment of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wake county, before Oóble, J., at August Term, 1895, of said Court. A paper-writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Frank Palmer, deceased, was propounded for probate in open court, and was admitted to probate in common form on the 29th day of May, 1895, by E. A. Johnson, the executor therein named.
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MotioN heard, on appeal from the judgment of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wake county, before Oóble, J., at August Term, 1895, of said Court. A paper-writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Frank Palmer, deceased, was propounded for probate in open court, and was admitted to probate in common form on the 29th day of May, 1895, by E. A. Johnson, the executor therein named. Whereupon, Mary Lyon, one of the heirs-at-law, in her own behalf and in behalf of the other heirs-at-law, came into court on the 28th day of May, 1895, and entered a caveat to the probate thereof,…
1Opinion of the Court
MoNtgomeey, J.:
The question, for consideration is, can the Clerk of the Superior Court, after a will has been admitted to probate in common form and letters testamentary issued to the executor, remove such executor and appoint a collector for the estate without a hearing based upon notice to show cause why he should not be removed. We are of the opinion that he cannot. In this case the caveat was filed after the will had been proved and the executor qualified. Under this condition of facts it was the duty of the clerk, upon the giving by the caveators of the bond required by law, to have…
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