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IN RE MARKS' WILL

No. 243.

130 S.E.2d 673 (1963)

259 N.C. 326

In The Matter of the WILL of Minnie Morgan MARKS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blakeney, Alexander & Machen by Ernest W. Machen, Jr., Charlotte, for movant-appellants.

Clayton & London by O. W. Clayton and David H. Henderson, Charlotte, for respondents-appellees.

RODMAN, Justice.

The right to make testamentary disposition of property is conferred by statute. In re Will of Roberts, 251 N.C. 708, 112 S.E.2d 505; Paul v. Davenport, 217 N.C. 154, 7 S.E.2d 352.

A writing declared by its author to be his will is ineffectual to pass title to property prior to probate in conformity with the laws of the state where the property is located. Morris v. Morris...

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