MATTER OF WILL OF KING

No. 856SC876.

342 S.E.2d 394 (1986)

In the Matter of The WILL OF Emmett J. KING, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox & Kornegay by Robert D. Kornegay, Jr., Rocky Mount, for appellant Thomas J. King.

Moseley & Elliott by Bradley A. Elliott, guardian ad litem, Roanoke Rapids, for David King, Steven King and Missy King, grandchildren of Emmett J. King and children of Thomas J. King.

Thomas I. Benton, Roanoke Rapids, for appellee Jefferson Michael King Crowder.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

Two of the questions posed in appellants' brief cannot be considered because they were not raised in the trial court as required by Rule 10(a) of the N.C.Rules of Appellate Procedure. Appellate courts are courts of errors, and it is fundamental that an action not challenged as erroneous at trial may not be contested on appeal. The first question concerns the propriety of the court receiving testimony that the testator and the other co-owner of Halifax...

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