Bell v. Gill Am
Decision Date | 04 March 1931 |
Docket Number | No. 100.,100. |
Citation | 157 S.E. 60 |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Parties | BELL . v. GILL AM et al. |
determination of particular estate, but, when estate ends, all of class having interest are immediately determined.
Appeal from Superior Court, Bertie County; Sinclair, Judge.
Action by Cecelia Capehart Bell against Moses B. Gillam, executor under the will of Celia H. Etheridge, deceased, and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
Celia H. Etheridge, the plaintiff's grandmother, died leaving a will, the second and sixth items of which are as follows:
Holley M. Bell and Jno. C. Bell are brothers; the latter being guardian ad litem of his children and the former guardian ad litem of all persons not in esse who might have any interest or claim to the lands described in the complaint. At the hearing, all parties in interest were present in person or by attorney having duly filed their answers to the complaint, and it was adjudged
The defendants excepted and appealed.
J. A. Pritchett, of Windsor, for appellants.
MacLean & Rodman, of Washington, N. C., for appellee.
The plaintiff is the only child of Holley M. Bell. She...
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