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DEW v. SHOCKLEY

No. 777SC320.

243 S.E.2d 177 (1978)

Chester F. DEW, unmarried, Charles B. Dew et ux., Estelle G. Dew, Barbara Ann D. Shockley et vir., Robert H. Shockley, John Brook Dew et ux., Beatrice Thayer Dew, Janet Marie D. Donnelly et vir., Edwin Regan Donnelly, Grace Dew Edwards et vir., Redger L. Edwards, R. L. Edwards, Jr., unmarried, Doris Dew Matthews et vir., Russell Thomas Matthews, Erminee J. Dew Wade, widow, J. Elaine Potere et vir., William N. Potere, Jr., Willa Belle Dew Willis et vir., Chester Willis, Diana Gail W. Welcher et vir., Ronald A. Welcher, Patricia Jean W. Lyons et vir., Patrick Lyons v. Tamara Marie SHOCKLEY, Brian Harrison Shockley, Justin Brooks Dew, Timothy Brian Matthews, Michael Todd Matthews, Gretchen Kay Potere, William Nicholas Potere, all minors, the unborn children of Chester F. Dew, Charles B. Dew, Grace Dew Edwards, Erminee J. Dew Wade, and Willa Belle Dew Willis, and the unborn children of Barbara Ann D. Shockley, John Brooks Dew, Janet Marie D. Donnelly, R. J. Edwards, Jr., Doris D. Matthews, J. Elaine Potere, Diane Gail Welcher and Patricia Jean Lyons.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fields, Cooper & Henderson by Leon Henderson, Jr., Rocky Mount, for appellants.

Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley by Samuel S. Woodley, Rocky Mount, for appellees.

CLARK, Judge.

Appellants press the per capita position, under which the brothers and sisters of the testatrix would hold a life estate in joint tenancy with survivorship; no child would take any immediate interest in the property until all the brothers and sisters had died. The roll would then be called and the children of the brothers and sisters would take per capita. Appellees press the per stirpes position, under which the brothers and sisters...

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