Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Poindexter
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 6, 1942PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNhill, J.
Petitioners have adopted the proper procedure for obtaining judicial direction as to the method of distribution of the personal estate of their intestate. Bank v. Alexander, 188 N. C., 667, 125 S. E., 385; In re Estate of Mizzelle, 213 N. C., 367, 196 S. E., 364.
When the personal estate of an intestate is to be distributed under the provisions of 0. S., 137, subsection 5, among living sisters and the representatives of deceased brothers and sisters, is the distribution to be per capita or per stirpes? This is the question appellants present by their appeal.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commercial National Bank of Charlotte v. AlexanderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
- Moore v. . RankinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Nixon v. . NixonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- In Re Estate of MizzelleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
- Skinner v. . WynneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1854
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Mazda Motors of America, Inc. v. Southwestern Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Food Town Stores, Inc. v. City of SalisburySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Coppedge v. CoppedgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
- In Re the Estate of IvesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
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