Legal Opinion

Matter of Will of Leonard

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 18, 1984No. 8422SC55PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAGLES, Judge.

In his brief on appeal caveator asserts that he assigns as error the trial court’s setting aside of the verdict in issue number two which deals with whether the entire handwritten document is the last will and testament of decedent. However, this varies from the assignment of error as it appears in the record on appeal. There, caveator assigned as error the setting aside of the entire verdict and the granting of a new trial on all issues, arguing that the jury’s answers to the issues were not inconsistent and that the jury had not manifestly disregarded the trial court’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fraser v. JennisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. In Re the Will of HerringCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
  3. Industrial Circuits Co. v. Terminal Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
  4. State v. BetheaCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  5. Palmer v. . JennetteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  2. Caudill v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
  3. State v. TysonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2009
  4. Henry v. KnudsenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  5. Pitcock v. FoxCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1995

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