Legal Opinion

In Re the Last Will & Testament of Parsons

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 28, 1935PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClaeKSON, J.

The question presented is whether or not the purported will, as set forth in the record, complies with the requirements of law so as to be admitted to probate as a holograph will, under N. C. Code 1931 (Michie), sec. 4131 and sec. 4144, subsec. 2. We think so, under the facts and circumstances of the case.

Section 4131 is as follows: “No last will and testament shall be good or sufficient in law to convey or give any estate, real or personal, unless such last will shall have been written in the testator’s lifetime, and signed by him, or by some other person in his presence and by his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Will of LowranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of TeubertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  2. In Re Will of SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  3. In Re Will of GoodmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  4. Pounds v. LitakerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  5. In Re Will of FerreeNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2003

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