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

No. 7910SC201.

261 S.E.2d 279 (1980)

44 N.C. App. 402

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 Andrews Booker, Paul Curtis 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 Brinkley 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, S. Leigh Park, Bruce R. Park, Mabel Y. Andrews, A. B. Andrews, IV, George Hamilton Andrews, James Rose Andrews.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughan S. Winborne, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellees.

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

Manning, Fulton & Skinner by Howard E. Manning, Jr., Raleigh, for defendants-appellants, Howard E. Manning, Trustee and William H. Clarkson, Jr.

Smith, Debnam, Hibbert & Pahl by J. Larkin Pahl, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant, James Rose Andrews, Minor, by Guardian Ad Litem.

Joyner & Howison by Henry S. Manning, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellee, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A.

John A. McAllister, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees, minor children by Guardian Ad Litem.

Maupin, Taylor & Ellis by W. W. Taylor, Jr., and G. Palmer Stacy III, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees, Augusta Andrews Young, Alexander A. Marks, Laurence H. Marks, Mary S. Andrews Worth, Graham H. Andrews, Jr., F. M. Simmons Andrews, William M. Marks III, Ralph Stanley Marks, Frances Marks Bruton, Julia Marks Young, Elizabeth Marks Green, Jane A. Marks (formerly designated as Jane Marks Cline), Hal V. Worth III, Julia A. Worth Ray, Simmons Holladay Worth, John W. Andrews, Sara Simmons Andrews Johnston and Mary Graham Andrews.


VAUGHN, Judge.

This is a proper case for declaratory relief in the form of instructions to the trustee under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, G.S. Chap. 1, Art. 26. "This article is declared to be remedial, its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and it is to be liberally construed and administered." G.S. 1-264; see also G.S. 1-256. A

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