Peace v. . Edwards
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Coolce, J., at tbe April Term, 1915, of GRANVILLE. Caveat to a paper-writing offered for probate as tbe will of Josephus A. Peace, wbo died 9 March, 1915, aged eighty-eigbt years, tbe owner of eight hundred acres of land and certain personal property. Tbe deceased never married. After bis death four paper-writings were found folded together in a seed catalogue in bis desk, and all were in tbe bandwriting of tbe deceased.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Coolce, J., at tbe April Term, 1915, of GRANVILLE. Caveat to a paper-writing offered for probate as tbe will of Josephus A. Peace, wbo died 9 March, 1915, aged eighty-eigbt years, tbe owner of eight hundred acres of land and certain personal property. Tbe deceased never married. After bis death four paper-writings were found folded together in a seed catalogue in bis desk, and all were in tbe bandwriting of tbe deceased. Each of these four papers begins as follows; “I, Josephus A. Peace, of tbe county of Granville and State of North Carolina, do make, publish and…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, J., dissenting; HOKE, J., concurs in the dissenting opinion. Caveat to a paper-writing offered for probate as the will of Josephus A. Peace, who died 9 March, 1915, aged eighty-eight years, the owner of eight hundred acres of land and certain personal property.
The deceased never married. After his death four paper-writings were found folded together in a seed catalogue in his desk, and all were in the handwriting of the deceased. Each of these four papers begins as follows. "I, Josephus A. Peace, of the county of Granville and State of North Carolina, do make, publish and declare this…
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