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IN RE ESTATE OF LOFTIN

No. 36.

208 S.E.2d 670 (1974)

285 N.C. 717

In re the ESTATE of Kirby W. LOFTIN, Deceased (72E146). Sybil Lewis LOFTIN, Petitioner-Appellant (73SP35), v. Kirby C. LOFTIN, Executor of the Estate of Kirby W. Loftin, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald P. Brock, Trenton, for petitioner appellant.

Jeffress, Hodges, Morris & Rochelle, P. A., by A. H. Jeffress, Kinston, for respondent appellee.

BRANCH, Justice.

We first consider whether contracts with respect to her property and property rights constituted a bar to plaintiff's dissent and application for a year's allowance.

It is well settled in this jurisdiction that a man and woman contemplating marriage may enter into a valid contract with respect to the property and property rights of each after the marriage, and such contracts will be enforced as written. Stewart v. Stewart, 222 N.C. 387, 23...

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