MATTER OF ESTATE OF SWINSON

No. 828SC780.

303 S.E.2d 361 (1983)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Richard SWINSON, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Whitted, Jr., Goldsboro, for respondents-appellants.

Barnes, Braswell & Haithcock by W. Timothy Haithcock, Goldsboro, for petitioner-appellee.


BRASWELL, Judge.

The main issue is whether Eudora Holmes Swinson was the lawful wife of Richard Swinson, Jr., so as to be qualified to dissent from his will at his death. For the reasons stated below we hold that she was lawfully married to Richard Swinson, Jr., that as his widow she could and did dissent, and that the dissent is valid as a matter of law on the facts of this case.

On 3 July 1981 Richard Swinson, Jr., died testate. On 29 July 1981 his will...

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