Christian v. . Carter

Tbe will was executed 1 February, 1923; tbe testator died 11 May, 1923; Anne Hollingsworth Carter, bis only child, was born 23 September, 1923. Tbe statute provides that children born after tbe making of tbe parent’s will, and whose parent shall die without making any provision for them, shall be entitled to such share and proportion of tbe parent’s estate as if be or she bad died intestate. C. S., 4169. This statute, and tbe decisions construing it, must control in tbe disposition of tbe present appeal. Sorrell v. Sorrell, ante, 439; Nicholson v. Nicholson, 190 N. C., 122; Howe v. Hand, 180…