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LADD v. ESTATE OF KELLENBERGER

No. 8218SC1116.

307 S.E.2d 850 (1983)

Elizabeth Coffey LADD, Margaret Coffey Graddy, and Marion Coffey Hensley v. The ESTATE OF May Gordon Latham KELLENBERGER; R.D. Douglas, Jr. as Co-Executor of the Estate of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger; North Carolina National Bank, as Co-Executor of the Estate of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger; Mary Gardner Novotney; Eileen Taylor Love; Helen L. Eubanks; Ruth L. Smith; Agnes L. Cox; Blanche L. Sutton; Martha Louise L. Walker; Frank B. Latham; Edward L. Latham; Lucille L. Redfearn; Gabriel Ruff in Latham; John L. Snipes; W. Luby Snipes, Jr.; James E. Snipes; Ruth S. Brown; Mable S. Talton; Lela S. Whitley; Hazel S. Hardee; Mildred S. Sortino; John L. Latham, Jr.; Louise L. Nygard; May Gordon L. Luthi; Edythe V. Latham; and All Unknown Heirs of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crisp, Davis, Schwentker & Page by William T. Crisp and Cynthia M. Currin, Raleigh, and Pree & Pree by Robert O'Shea, Springfield, III., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas, Ravenel, Hardy, Crihfield & Bullock by Robert D. Douglas, III, and James M. Lung, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees Ruth L. Smith, Frank B. Latham, Edward L. Latham, Jr., Louise L. Nygard, the estate of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger, R.D. Douglas, Jr., as co-executor of the estate of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger, North Carolina Nat. Bank as co-executor of the estate of May Gordon Latham Kellenberger, Mary Gardner Novotney, Agnes L. Cox, Martha Louise L. Walker, Edythe V. Latham, Lucille L. Redfearn, Gabriel R. Latham and John L. Latham, Jr.

Nichols, Caffrey, Hill, Evans & Murrelle by Edward L. Murrelle and R. Thompson Wright, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees Blanche L. Sutton and May Gordon L. Luthi.

Daughtry, Hinton, Woodard & Murphy by W. Kenneth Hinton, Smithfield, for defendants-appellees John L. Snipes, W. Luby Snipes, Jr., James E. Snipes, Ruth S. Brown, Mabel S. Talton, Lela S. Whitley, Hazel S. Hardee and Mildred S. Sortino.

ARNOLD, Judge.

Since the doctrine of equitable adoption has not been adopted by this State and appears to be contrary to public policy and the prevailing law, we affirm the trial court's order dismissing plaintiffs' action for failure to state a claim for relief.

Plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred in allowing defendants' motion to dismiss their action for failure to state a claim for relief. They claim that their complaint sets forth sufficient facts...

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