SANDERSON v. PAUL

No. 668.

69 S.E.2d 156 (1952)

235 N.C. 56

SANDERSON et al. v. PAUL et ux.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKinnon & McKinnon, Lumberton, for plaintiffs, Elsie Mae Sanderson, Zelma Bardo, and Deborah Sutton Paul.

McLean & Stacy, Lumberton, for plaintiff Lillian Paul.

Ellis E. Page, and Varser, McIntyre & Henry, all of Lumberton, for defendants, appellees.


DEVIN, Chief Justice.

The judgment of nonsuit rendered by the court below was predicated upon the ruling that Lillian Paul, party plaintiff, was disqualified by the statute G.S. § 8-51 to testify in her own interest concerning personal transactions or communications between herself and the decedent, against the defendant Horace Paul who is claiming under the deed of the decedent.

This statute, which is a recodification of sec. 590 of the Code, provides...

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