PITTMAN v. THOMAS

No. 502A82.

299 S.E.2d 207 (1983)

Mary T. PITTMAN and T.P. Thomas, Jr. v. James Miller THOMAS, individually and as Executor of the Will of Catharine Miller Thomas, Deceased, Sarah Anne Thomas (Rowlett), Doris Elizabeth Thomas Taylor, Mary Lucile Pittman, Walter James Pittman, Jr., Lucile West Abbitt Bond, Catharine Lucile Thomas Gossam, and Carole Ann Thomas, a minor.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Jones, Rand & Orcutt, P.A. by Z. Hardy Rose and William R. Rand, Wilson, for plaintiffs.

Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove by Wade M. Smith and Swann & Evans, P.A. by Steven L. Evans, Raleigh, for defendant James Miller Thomas.

George A. Weaver, Wilson, guardian ad litem, for defendant Carole Ann Thomas.


CARLTON, Justice.

I.

Catharine Miller Thomas, a resident of Wilson County, died 11 July 1979. She was seventy-eight years of age. Her son, James Miller Thomas, qualified as executor of her holographic will which was dated 1 October 1976. The taxable estate of Mrs. Thomas as finally computed for federal estate tax purposes exceeded $1,000,000.

Mrs. Thomas was survived by four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild who were named beneficiaries...

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