WING v. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST CO., N.A.

No. 7710SC204.

241 S.E.2d 397 (1978)

35 N.C. App. 346

Martha Andrews Johnson WING and Jane Virginia Andrews Power Philbrick v. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, and Augusta Andrews Young, Julia Marks Dozier, Alexander A. Marks, Laurence H. Marks, Alex B. Andrews, III, Julia Andrews Park, Mary S. Andrews Worth, Graham H. Andrews, Jr., F. M. Simmons Andrews, Augusta Young Murchall, Eleanor Young Booker, Sandra Johnson Walker, Richard T. Dozier, Jr., Jane Dozier Harris, William M. Marks, III, Ralph Stanley Marks, Frances Marks Bruton, Julia Marks Young, Elizabeth Marks Green, Jane Marks Cline, Hal V. Worth, III, Julia Worth Ray, Simmons Holladay Worth, John W. Andrews, Sara Simmons Andrews Johnston and Mary Graham Andrews, Additional Parties, Jessica Anne Murchall Edgmon, Melinda Susan Murchall, John Alexander Murchall, Robert Andrew Booker, Paul Curtis Booker, minor, William Conrad Walker, Jr., minor, James Alexander Walker, minor, Timothy Todd Walker, minor, Sharon Virginia Walker, minor, Anne Gilchrist Dozier, minor, Patricia Jane Dozier, minor, Laura Cromwell Dozier, minor, Julia Marks Harris, Charles Andrew Harris, III, William Mark Harris, minor, William M. Marks, IV, minor, Ann Elva Marks, minor, Ralph Stanley Marks, Jr., minor, Richard Hughes Marks, minor, Alexander Andrews Grant Bruton, minor, Edward MacCauley Bruton, minor, Frances Brinley Bruton, minor, Hal Venable Worth, IV, minor, Kelly Andrews Worth, minor, Fred C. Ray, III, minor, Graham Andrews Ray, minor, Mable Y. Andrews, Sherman Yeargan, Trustee, Howard E. Manning, Trustee, William Henry Clarkson, Jr., Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, John A. McAllister, guardian ad litem.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughn S. Winborne, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellants.

Emanuel & Thompson, by W. Hugh Thompson, Raleigh, for defendant appellant, Alex B. Andrews, III.

Joyner & Howison, by Henry S. Manning, Jr., Raleigh, for Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., N.A., Successor Trustee under the will of A. B. Andrews.

Manning, Fulton & Skinner, by Howard E. Manning, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant appellees.

Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, P. A., by G. Palmer Stacy, III, Raleigh, for defendant appellees.

John A. McAllister, Raleigh, Guardian ad litem for minor defendants and unborn great great nieces and nephews of Alexander B. Andrews and any unknown persons having an interest or claim to the estate of Alexander B. Andrews.


WEBB, Judge.

We hold that Judge Herring was correct in his judgment and should be affirmed.

The rule against perpetuities has been interpreted many times in North Carolina. See Springs v. Hopkins, 171 N.C. 486, 88 S.E. 774 (1916); Trust Co. v. Williamson, 228 N.C. 458, 46 S.E.2d 104 (1948); Mercer v. Mercer, 230 N.C. 101, 52 S.E.2d 229 (1949); Parker v. Parker, 252 N.C...

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