Legal Opinion

In Re the Will of Wall

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 24, 1943PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeviN, J.

It was not controverted that the paper writing propounded for probate was executed in manner and form sufficient to establish it as the last will and testament of the decedent. But its validity for that purpose was challenged by the caveators on the ground that the will had been executed in duplicate, one copy of which had been left in the custody of counsel and the other retained in possession by the testator, and that the copy left with counsel had been offered for probate while the duplicate copy which had been retained by the testator himself had not been produced or found. From this, it…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Mockowik v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  2. Gillett v. Michigan United Traction Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Stumpf v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  4. Lee v. . PearceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
  5. State v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Pratt v. Central Upholstery Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  2. Waddell v. CarsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Ashley v. Rent-A-Car CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  4. In Re Estate of HolmbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Yost v. HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951

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