FISHER v. LADD

No. 797SC1104.

268 S.E.2d 20 (1980)

47 N.C. App. 587

Virginia C. FISHER, Successor Trustee under the Will of Oliver D. Fisher; Annie Clee High Fisher, Widow; Robert L. Fisher and wife, Virginia H. Fisher; Randolph D. Fisher and wife, Virginia C. Fisher, Individually; Margaret F. Jones, Widow; Hazel F. Griffin and husband, George R. Griffin; Buck Fisher and wife, Doris L. Fisher; Carolyn F. Joyner and husband, G. Herman Joyner; Peggy F. Snipes and husband, Sidney B. Snipes; Billy Thorpe Fisher and wife, Evelyn T. Fisher; Katherine T. Fisher, Widow; Christopher B. Fisher, unmarried; and Kimberly B. Fisher, an unmarried minor; Lilly Ann Fisher, an unmarried minor; Amy L. Fisher, an unmarried minor, and Jenny K. Fisher, an unmarried minor, all of said minors acting herein as plaintiffs through Roy A. Cooper, Jr., their Guardian Ad Litem, appointed pursuant to Court Order; and Lottie F. Curtis, Widow; Robert E. Curtis, unmarried; Jimmy Curtis, unmarried; David Curtis, unmarried; Ruth F. Ladd and husband, Arthur N. Ladd; David L. Ladd and wife, Dixie F. Ladd; Todd E. Ladd, unmarried; Pamela Sue Ladd, unmarried; Joanne F. Young and husband, Gary Allen Young; Charlotte J. Strum and husband, Jack H. Strum; Jackie Gray Strum, unmarried; Lottie Geneva Strum, unmarried; Bobbie J. Wollett and husband, Theodore R. Wollett, Jr.; Theodore R. Wollett, III, unmarried; Margaret J. Harris and husband, Robert Lowell Harris; Oliver Daniel Griffin and wife, Virginia O. Griffin; Wayne Griffin and wife, Rita M. Griffin; William Clifton Griffin and wife, Marie B. Griffin; Robert Dewey Griffin and wife, Linda M. Griffin; Gwendolyn J. Dew and husband, Robert E. Dew; Tommy George Joyner and wife, Sue B. Joyner; Jerry Randolph Joyner and wife, Betty E. Joyner; Herman Steven Joyner and wife, Tam F. Joyner; Kathy J. Bennett and husband, James Lewis Bennett; Sandra S. Watson and husband, Jack Stevens Watson; and Jennifer S. Sowell and husband, James M. Sowell, Jr., v. Jennifer Yvonne LADD; Twana Sue Wright; Gary Scott Young; Mary Esther Wollett; Jim Albert Harris; Monica Lee Harris; Cindy Griffin; Marvin Dean Griffin; Kelly Reneé Griffin; Christopher Griffin; Donald Ray Daniel; Tammy Kaye Griffin; Timothy Craig Fisher; Tracy Lynn Dew; Melissa Carol Dew; Cindy Carol Joyner; Tommy George Joyner, Jr.; Shannon Reneé Joyner; Jason Scott Joyner; Ashley Steven Joyner; Joshua Sidney Watson; Matthew James Watson; Hope Fisher; all unmarried minors, any Unborn Descendant of Oliver D. Fisher, including but not limited to any Child hereafter Born to or Adopted by Robert L. Fisher, Lottie F. Curtis, Robert E. Curtis, Jimmy Curtis, David Curtis, Randolph D. Fisher, Ruth F. Ladd, David L. Ladd, Todd E. Ladd, Pamela Sue Ladd, Jennifer Yvonne Ladd, Joanne F. Young, Twana Sue Wright, Gary Scott Young, Margaret F. Jones, Charlotte J. Strum, Jackie Gray Strum, Lottie Geneva Strum, Bobbie J. Wollett, Theodore R. Wollett, III, Mary Esther Wollett, Margaret J. Harris, Jim Albert Harris, Monica Lee Harris, Hazel F. Griffin, Oliver Daniel Griffin, Cindy Griffin, Marvin Dean Griffin, Wayne Griffin, Kelly Reneé Griffin, Christopher Griffin, William Clifton Griffin, Tammy Kaye Griffin, Robert Dewey Griffin, Buck Fisher, Timothy Craig Fisher, Carolyn F. Joyner, Gwendolyn J. Dew, Tracy Lynn Dew, Melissa Carol Dew, Tommy George Joyner, Cindy Carol Joyner, Tommy George Joyner, Jr., Jerry Randolph Joyner, Shannon Reneé Joyner, Herman Steven Joyner, Jason Scott Joyner, Ashley Steven Joyner, Kathy J. Bennett, Peggy F. Snipes, Sandra S. Watson, Joshua Sidney Watson, Matthew James Watson, Jennifer S. Sowell, Billy Thorpe Fisher, Hope Fisher, Christopher B. Fisher, Amy L. Fisher, Kimberly B. Fisher, Jenny K. Fisher and Lilly Ann Fisher; any unknown Descendant of Oliver D. Fisher, including but not limited to any unknown Descendants of Robert L. Fisher, Lottie F. Curtis, Robert E. Curtis, Jimmy Curtis, David Curtis, Randolph D. Fisher, Ruth F. Ladd, David L. Ladd, Todd E. Ladd, Pamela Sue Ladd, Jennifer Yvonne Ladd, Joanne F. Young, Twana Sue Wright, Gary Scott Young, Margaret F. Jones, Charlotte J. Strum, Jackie Gray Strum, Lottie Geneva Strum, Bobbie J. Wollett, Theodore R. Wollett, III, Mary Esther Wollett, Margaret J. Harris, Jim Albert Harris, Monica Lee Harris, Hazel F. Griffin, Oliver Daniel Griffin, Cindy Griffin, Marvin Dean Griffin, Wayne Griffin, Kelly Reneé Griffin, Christopher Griffin, William Clifton Griffin, Tammy Kaye Griffin, Robert Dewey Griffin, Buck Fisher, Timothy Craig Fisher, Carolyn F. Joyner, Gwendolyn J. Dew, Tracy Lynn Dew, Melissa Carol Dew, Tommy George Joyner, Cindy Carol Joyner, Tommy George Joyner, Jr., Jerry Randolph Joyner, Shannon Reneé Joyner, Herman Steven Joyner, Jason Scott Joyner, Ashley Steven Joyner, Kathy J. Bennett, Peggy F. Snipes, Sandra S. Watson, Joshua Sidney Watson, Matthew James Watson, Jennifer S. Sowell, Billy Thorpe Fisher, Hope Fisher, Christopher B. Fisher, Amy L. Fisher, Kimberly B. Fisher, Jenny K. Fisher and Lilly Ann Fisher.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport & Fisher, by John E. Davenport, Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Ralph G. Willey, III, Spring Hope, Robert D. Kornegay, Jr. and John S. Williford, Jr., Rocky Mount, for Guardian Ad Litem defendants-appellants.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the principles of law relating to the termination of testamentary trusts prior to their natural expiration. Defendants assert as grounds for reversal of the trial court's ruling that the testamentary trust was improperly terminated in that there was given no consent by all parties having an interest in the trust, and that several parties did not have a vested interest in the trust which would enable them to give effective...

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