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STANFORD v. PARIS

No. 208PA09.

698 S.E.2d 37 (2010)

Charles A. STANFORD; Donald M. Stanford, Jr.; James C. Stanford; Randolph L. Stanford; Candace Stanford Roberts; Lesley Stanford; and Robin Stanford Mulkey, Plaintiffs v. Oliver Johnson PARIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Whitson Stanford, Jr. (90-E-255, Orange County); Oliver Johnson Paris, Individually; and Jean S. Mann, and spouse, Edward N. Mann, Jr., Level I Defendants, and Stanford Place Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership (Oliver Johnson Paris, General Partner); Oliver Johnson Paris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jane S. Paris (00-E-1010, Mecklenburg County); Jane S. Paris Family Trust (Oliver Johnson Paris, Trustee); Edward N. Mann, III, and spouse, Lindsay W. Mann; Orange Water and Sewer Authority; Margaret M. Pless; Jennifer Mann Hawley, and spouse, Leon L. Hawley, Jr.; and Charles S. Mann, and spouse, Lori A. Mann, Level II Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Stanford, Jr., pro se, and for plaintiff-appellants.

Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes, PA, Charlotte, by Zipporah Basile Edwards and Robert B. McNeill, for defendant-appellees Oliver Johnson Paris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Whitson Stanford, Jr.; Oliver Johnson Paris, Individually; Stanford Place Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership (Oliver Johnson Paris, General Partner); Oliver Johnson Paris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jane S. Paris; and Jane S. Paris Family Trust (Oliver Johnson Paris, Trustee).

Epting & Hackney, Chapel Hill, by Robert Epting and Ellen B. Scouten, for defendant-appellee Orange Water and Sewer Authority.

Boxley, Bolton, Garber & Haywood, LLP, Raleigh, by Kenneth C. Haywood; and Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes, P.A., Charlotte, by Robert B. McNeill and Zipporah Basile Edwards, for defendant-appellee Margaret M. Pless.

Hartzell & Whiteman, L.L.P., Raleigh, by J. Jerome Hartzell, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

PARKER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this action on 13 October 2006 seeking a declaratory judgment as to the construction of Charles Whitson Stanford, Jr.'s (decedent) holographic will that, after certain specific bequests, left "[a]ll stocks, bonds, and real estate, saving account and E Bonds wheresoever situate [including]... all stock in Redfields, Inc. left to me by my father, Charles W. Stanford, Sr." to his sisters Jean Stanford Mann and Jane Stanford...

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