Yount v. Yount

Mrs. Stevens, a devisee whose interests have been adversely affected by the judgment of the court below, is an aggrieved party who may appeal. Her assignments of error are identical with those of petitioners who have appealed in their representative capacity. However, as executors, they are not aggrieved by the ruling which adjudicated the conflicting claims of Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Yount (the subjects of assignments of error Nos. 2 and 3), and they may not appeal therefrom. Dickey v. Herbin, 250 N.C. 321, 108 S.E. 2d 632; Ferrell v. Basnight, 257 N.C. 643, 127 S.E. 2d 219.

Petitioners, as the…