Rawls v. Durham Realty & Insurance

This was a controversy submitted without action. The plaintiff had contracted to sell, and defendant had agreed to purchase, a certain piece of land in the city of Durham.

The material facts are as follows :

That on 5 March, 1919, Holman Calvin Rawls, at that time a resident of the city of Durham, died, leaving surviving him plaintiff, his wife, and three children born of the marriage, Hannah, Charlotte and Mary, and one unborn.

■ That upon the death of the said Holman Calvin Rawls there was found among his papers, written in his own handwriting, a will in the following words and figures, which…