SCOTT v. JACKSON

No. 28.

127 S.E.2d 234 (1962)

257 N.C. 658

W. E. SCOTT, M. M. Scott, J. E. Scott, G. L. Scott, Mary S. Davis, Katherine S. McPherson, Gertie S. Brickhouse, Elsie S. Copeland, Julius Twiddy, Robert Twiddy and Wesley S. Twiddy v. Cora JACKSON, Raymond Davis, Courtney Sikes, Edward Davis, Melvin Davis, Elizabeth D. Hanback, Luther Davis, Jr., Charles Davis, Nellie D. Paisley, Philip Davis, George Randolph, Jr., Vivian B. Bray, Mary R. Bowden, Ethel R. Boone, Gaston Williams, Lena W. Forehand, Wiley Williams, Hyacinth S. Holton, Lucille S. Edwards, Annie Mae G. Etheridge, Doris W. Burgess, Bethel W. Sawyer and Margaret W. Ferebee.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

E. Ray Etheridge, Elizabeth City, for defendants-appellants


RODMAN, Justice.

William Randolph died in 1931. His will dated 19 March 1927 was probated in Pasquotank County.

Ethel Mae Stafford died intestate in 1961. She never had a child. Plaintiffs are her heirs at law.

William Randolph never had a child. Defendants are his heirs at law.

Polly S. Randolph, widow of William, died in 1946.

The rights of the parties are determined by the interpretation given to Items Two and Three of the will of...

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