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LEE v. COFFIELD

No. 97.

96 S.E.2d 726 (1957)

245 N.C. 570

Patricla LEE, Charles McClenny Lee and Linda Mason Lee, infants by their next friend, T. J. Collier, v. H. Irwin COFFIELD, Jr., Executor and Trustee under the Will of the Estate of Charles Clifton Lee.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Hollowell, Bayboro, and R. E. Whitehurst, New Bern, for plaintiff-appellants.

Ward & Tucker, New Bern, for defendant-appellee.

RODMAN, Justice.

The case presents two questions: (1) Can liability be imposed on the estate of the deceased father beyond his contractual obligations for the support of his minor children residing with their mother?

The liability of the father's estate to make the monthly payments to the mother for the support of the minors as provided in the deed of separation is not questioned.

So far as liability of the...

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