IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. COA09-993.

697 S.E.2d 365 (2010)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Frances Faison JOHNSON, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward and Smith, P.A., New Bern, by Jenna Fruechtenicht Butler, for caveator-appellee.

Everett & Everett, Durham, Attorney at Law, by Lewis M. "Luke" Everett, for propounder-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Propounder appeals from a trial court's order imposing discovery sanctions pursuant to Rule 37. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

On 30 September 2007, Frances Faison Johnson ("decedent"), a resident of Sampson County died, survived by her two children Mary Lily Johnson Nuckolls ("caveator") and Jefferson Deems Johnson, III ("propounder Jefferson"). On 23 August 1991, decedent executed a "Last Will and Testament[...

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