Legal Opinion

In Re Will of Hargrove

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 21, 1934PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BeogkeN, J.(1) What limitations are imposed by law upon the admissibility of the acts, conversation and general conduct of a testator or testatrix subsequent to the execution of a will in a caveat proceeding based upon mental incapacity at the time the will was executed?(2) Was the cost properly taxed?

The ultimate quest of the trial was to discover the mental condition or testamentary capacity of the testatrix on 27 February, 1906. This idea was expressed In re Ross, 182 N. C., 477, 109 S. E., 365, as follows: “The competency of testatrix to make the will in question is to be determined as of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. In Re Will of RossSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  2. In Re Will of SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  3. In Re Daniel Burns' WillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  4. In Re Will of StocksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  5. Wood v. . SawyerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1867

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Stormon v. WeissNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
  2. State v. FinchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  3. State v. FranksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  4. In Re Will of HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  5. Caudill v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994

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