Legal Opinion

Anders v. Anderson

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 10, 1957No. 95PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBobbitt, J.

The provision of Mrs. Hollingsworth’s will to be construed is a single sentence. Deleting the clauses referring to “the Taylor children,” the testatrix wrote these words:

“I want my property to go to my father, brother, and sister, and I want my husband, A. B. Hollingsworth to have a home as long as he wishes to live with my people, and should he, my husband, outlive my father, brother and sister, I want it to be divided among my nieces and nephews, . . . and when my husband gets through with the house we now occupy I want my sister to have it till her death, and then, after my sister’s,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. WolfeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  2. Barco v. . OwensSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  3. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. WaddellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  4. Taylor v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  5. WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. WolfeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Canaan National Bank v. PetersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. Andrews v. AndrewsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  3. Brinkley v. DayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  4. Gold v. PriceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
  5. Thompson v. WardCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978

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