Legal Opinion

Entwistle v. Covington

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 20, 1959No. 461PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeNNY, J.

All the assignments of error of the appellants involve the same primary question, whioh is: Where a residuary clause in testator’s will provides, “The residue of my estate anything and everything of value I will and bequeath to my sisters May S., Faith L. & Elna G. Covington, or to those who reside at our homeplace, Glen-wood. at the time of my death,” and the three named sisters predeceased the testator, was it the intention of the testator that the residue of his estate should .devolve upon anyone who was residing at Glenwood at .the time of his death?

The appellants contend that the words…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. State v. HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  2. Heyer v. BulluckSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  3. Heyer v. . BulluckSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  4. WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. WolfeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  5. Reid v. . NealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Little v. Wachovia Bank and Trust CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  2. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. DodsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  3. Miller v. McLeanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  4. Jernigan v. LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  5. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961

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