Legal Opinion

Redd v. Taylor

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 12, 1967No. 286PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShaep, J.

Appellants Jack N. Norwood, as the representative of the heirs at law of Mrs. Redd, and Lloyd F. Baucom, guardian ad litem for her unknown heirs, contend that both the devise to Warren and Jane Redd and the gift to World Missions are void “for indefiniteness and ambiguity”; that parol evidence is inadmissible to effect identification; and that these purported gifts pass as undevised property to Mrs. Redd’s heirs at law. Appellants Warren and Jane Redd contend that no ambiguity exists in the devise to them; that it gave them the right to take any part or all of the farm on Albemarle Road; and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. WolfeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  2. Hodges v. . StewartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  3. WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. WolfeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  4. Bridges v. . PleasantsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1845
  5. President of the North Carolina Institute v. NorwoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1852

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kidd v. EarlySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  2. Root v. Allstate Insurance CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  3. Washington Square Securities, Inc. v. AuneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
  4. Hollenbeck v. GraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  5. Hammer v. HammerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006

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