Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Weston

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided November 7, 1978No. 775SC902Published

1Opinion of the Court

BROCK, Chief Judge.

On direct examination, propounder’s witness, Elbert Brown, testified about the probate of the deceased’s will in common form, which action he supervised shortly after Weston’s death and at a time before Elbert Brown lost his sight. Caveator contends that any mention of the fact that the will was probated in common form prior to the commencement of the caveat proceeding constitutes reversible error. In support of this contention, he relies primarily on In re Will of Etheridge, 231 N.C. 502, 57 S.E. 2d 768 (1950). The Court’s holding in that case, however, was that it is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Will of SessomsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  2. In Re the Will of SimmonsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
  3. In Re the Will of EtheridgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950

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