ROPER v. EDWARDS

No. 3PA88.

373 S.E.2d 423 (1988)

323 N.C. 461

Peggy Jean Edwards ROPER v. Mack Anderson EDWARDS and Judith Bertling Edwards.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haworth, Riggs, Kuhn & Haworth by John Haworth and Susan H. Thomas, High Point, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ivey Mason & Wilhoit by Rodney C. Mason and Robert E. Wilhoit, Asheboro, for defendants-appellees.


WHICHARD, Justice.

The issue is whether a constructive trust should be imposed to require defendants to convey certain land to plaintiff. We hold that it should, and we accordingly reverse the Court of Appeals.

The record establishes the following undisputed facts:

Myrtle B. Edwards, plaintiff's grandmother, died on 4 September 1986. Prior to her death, the grandmother had a dispute with defendants over entitlement to a 136 acre tract of land. The...

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