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McKINNEY v. MOSTELLER

No. 8625SC777.

355 S.E.2d 164 (1987)

Neil Wilson McKINNEY, Executor of the Estate of Gordon Henry Baker v. Nita MOSTELLER, Charles Mosteller, Harry Ingold, Edward Baker Ingold, Nellie Kate Ingold Hardin, Joe R. Hilton, Miss Ruby Hilton, Rachel Willis Troxler, John David Willis, Eugene Baker Willis, Loretz L. Ramseur, Helen Ramseur Marley, Tammie Leigh McKinney, Cassidy Dale Hampton, a Minor, Chad Elliott Hampton, a Minor, Andrew Neil McKinney, a Minor, James Aldrin McKinney, a Minor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sigmon, Clark and Mackie by E. Fielding Clark, II, Hickory, for Tammy Lee McKinney, Guardian ad litem for Cassidy Dale Hampton, a Minor, Chad Elliott Hampton, a Minor, Andrew Neil McKinney, a Minor, and James Aldrin McKinney, a Minor, defendants-appellants.

Charles E. Brooks, Charlotte, for Eugene Baker Willis, defendant-appellee.

Essex, Richards & Morris, P.A. by Stephen H. Morris, Charlotte, for Helen Ramseur Marley, defendant-appellee.

Joe P. Whitener, Hickory, for Nita Mosteller, Charles Mosteller, Harry Ingold, Edward Baker Ingold, Nellie Kate Ingold Hardin, Joe R. Hilton and Ruby Hilton, defendants-appellees.

ORR, Judge.

The sole question for determination on this appeal is whether Mr. Baker intended the distribution of his residuary estate to depend entirely upon whether or not his wife survived him. We hold that Baker possessed no such intention.

"The paramount aim in the interpretation of a will is to ascertain if possible the intent of the testator." Entwistle v. Covington, 250 N.C. 315, 318, 108 S.E.2d...

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