MATTER OF WILL OF LAMPARTER

No. COA96-462.

486 S.E.2d 458 (1997)

In the Matter of the WILL OF William Smith Lanyon LAMPARTER, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tate, Young, Morphis, Bach & Taylor, L.L.P. by Terry M. Taylor and T. Dean Amos, Hickory, and Hunter, Wharton & Stroupe, L.L.P. by John V. Hunter, III, Raleigh, for caveators-appellees.

Maxwell, Freeman & Bowman, P.A. by James B. Maxwell and Selina S. Nomeir, Durham, for respondents-appellants.


ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Respondents first argue that the trial court erred in denying their motion for a directed verdict at the close of the caveators' evidence. They contend that the holographic writing may not, as a matter of law, be admitted to probate because it is not valid on its face. We disagree.

There are three statutory requirements to establish a valid holographic will: It must be (1) written entirely in the handwriting of the testator, (2) subscribed...

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