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MATTER OF THOMAS

No. 100.

226 S.E.2d 371 (1976)

290 N.C. 410

In the Matter of Thurman P. THOMAS, Guardian of Mary Augusta Lancaster, Incompetent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harold Tharrington, Sp. Counsel, Raleigh, John F. Matthews, Louisburg, for Mrs. Mary Augusta Lancaster, incompetent.

Yarborough, Jolly & Williamson by E. F. Yarborough, Louisburg, for Thurman P. Thomas, Guardian of the estate of Mrs. Mary Augusta Lancaster, incompetent.

Davis, Sturges & Tomlinson by Conrad B. Sturges, Jr., Louisburg, for Mrs. Ruby Eaves Underwood, guardian ad litem for Mrs. Mary Augusta Lancaster, incompetent.

EXUM, Justice.

This case is a procedural morass. In the calm eye of the procedural hurricane, however, reposes the interest of the Court's ward, Mary Augusta Lancaster, and this Court's inescapable duty to protect it. We have, in order to exercise our supervisory powers, brought this entire matter before us for review. Our decision is to set aside both the clerk's order striking the allegations filed by Mr. Matthews and the confirmatory decrees of the clerk and judge...

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