ESTATE OF WELLS v. TOMS

No. COA97-730.

500 S.E.2d 105 (1998)

Estate of Mamie Beatrice WELLS, Deceased, by and through her Administrator DBNCTA E.K. MORLEY, and Charles Edward Wells, Plaintiffs, v. James H. TOMS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of E.K. Morley by E.K. Morley, Hendersonville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stepp, Groce & Associates by Edwin R. Groce, Hendersonville, for defendant-appellee.


JOHN, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's judgment, raising several assignments of error. We affirm.

Pertinent facts and procedural history include the following: Defendant served for several years as attorney for decedent Mamie Beatrice Wells (Wells) and her sister Louise McCall Perry (Perry). On 24 October 1994, Wells and Perry each signed extensive and broad powers of attorney drafted by defendant and naming him attorney in fact. Defendant admittedly...

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