Adcock v. Perry

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion for the reasons given by Chief Judge Morris in her opinion for a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals. 52 N.C. App. 724, 279 S.E. 2d 871 (1981).

I have no quarrel with the rules of law set forth in the well-written opinion of the majority. Like the majority, I am fully aware that the most basic rule of testamentary construction is that the intent of the testator is the polar star that must guide the courts in the interpretation of a will. But where there is room for doubt as to the intent of the testator, both the legislature and our own…