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WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST CO. v. KETCHUM

No. 855SC297.

333 S.E.2d 542 (1985)

WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Administrator of the Estate of Marion L. Targett, Deceased v. Bea KETCHUM and Magaline Banks.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall, Williams, Gorham & Brawley by Lonnie B. Williams, Jr., Wilmington, for defendant-appellee Bea Ketchum.

Keith, Hinn & Blackburn by Ray C. Blackburn, Jr. and Helen Kelly Hinn, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant Magaline Banks.

WELLS, Judge.

In construing disputed provisions of a will, the task of the courts is to ascertain the true intent of the testator. Pittman v. Thomas, 307 N.C. 485, 299 S.E.2d 207 (1983). The language used, and the sense in which it is used by the testator is the primary source of information to determine the testator's intentions. Id. The will is to be construed in the light...

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