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ETHERIDGE v. ETHERIDGE

No. 821SC852.

303 S.E.2d 196 (1983)

Doc Horace ETHERIDGE, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Doc Horace Etheridge, Sr., Substituted Petitioner, v. E. Ray ETHERIDGE, Unmarried, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Annie Mae G. Etheridge, Deceased: Fred G. Etheridge, and Wife, Mary Reed Etheridge: Doc Horace Etheridge, Jr., and Wife, Iris Etheridge, Substituted Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White, Hall, Mullen, Brumsey & Small by Gerald F. White and John H. Hall, Jr., Elizabeth City, for respondents-appellants.

Trimpi, Thompson & Nash by C. Everett Thompson and John Trimpi, Elizabeth City, for petitioners-appellees.

BECTON, Judge.

I

Introduction

The resolution of this appeal, though simple, requires an understanding of a lengthy, at times bitterly contested, special proceeding which spans eight years.1

This action began on 3 July 1975 when Doc Horace Etheridge, Sr., (Doc, Sr.), the surviving spouse of Annie Mae Etheridge, filed a dissent from the will of his wife. Doc, Sr. sought an order (a) establishing his right...

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