WILLIS v. WILLIS

No. 457A11.

722 S.E.2d 505 (2012)

Anthony G. WILLIS, Executor of the Estate of Janice D. Willis, Beneficiary and Trustee of the Janice D. Willis Revocable Trust dated the 25th of September 2009, and Individually; and the Janice D. Willis Revocable Trust dated the 25th of September 2009 v. Robert WILLIS, Robin Willis, and the Estate of Edward Carroll Willis.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvell and Collins, P.A., Morehead City, by Russell C. Alexander and Wesley A. Collins , for plaintiff-appellants.

Beswick & Goines, PLLC, Morehead City, by George W. Beswick and Erin B. Meeks , for defendant-appellees.


HUDSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Anthony Willis, on behalf of the estate of Janice Willis, seeks reformation of a deed based on unilateral mistake of the grantor in the absence of fraud. Because this remedy is unavailable as a matter of law, we modify and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

Janice Willis had two sons, Eddie and Anthony. In December 2004 she drafted a will bequeathing "any interest that I may own in my home place" to Eddie. The will also...

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