ROBINSON v. POWELL

No. 334PA97.

500 S.E.2d 714 (1998)

Joe F. ROBINSON, Jr., Jeanne Robinson, Frances Hollar, Ann R. Ragland, G. Sam Rowe, Jr., and H. Tom Rowe v. Charles R. POWELL, Sr., Individually, and as Executor of the Estate of Frances R. Martine, Deceased.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. by James G. Exum, Jr., and John J. Korzen, Greensboro; and Martin & Monroe Pannell, P.A. by Martin Pannell, Conover, for plaintiff-appellants.

James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. by Bruce M. Simpson, Charlotte; and Corne, Corne & Grant, P.A. by Robert M. Grant, Jr., Newton, for defendant-appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

Plaintiffs are six of the seven nephews and nieces of decedent Frances Robinson Martine; defendant Charles R. Powell, Sr. is the seventh. Mrs. Martine died on 18 November 1991, leaving a last will and testament ("will") and a first codicil to the last will and testament ("codicil") which disposed of her approximately $1.4 million probate estate. This action concerns certain stocks, bonds, bank accounts, and other intangible investments worth over...

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