Swearingen v. Giles

RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

We must resolve if a lapsed portion of a residuary bequest should pass to the surviving residuary beneficiaries or by intestacy to the heirs at law.

Plaintiffs, Helen Hancock Swearingen, H. N. Hancock, H. L. Hancock and Dorothy Hancock Woolard, all children of Hubert Alonzo Hancock, the deceased brother of Wayne H. Covington, claim Mrs. Covington died intestate as to one-half of her residuary estate. Defendants, Rex Giles, Joy Bragg, individually and as personal repre-tative of the estate of Wayne H. Covington, James C. Giles, Lee Storey and Betty Jo Loan, all children…