In re Estate of Seagraves. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0792, 31 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court (Paul C. Ridgeway & Michael E. Beale, JJ.) N.C. App. Holding: Where the defendant admitted that a fiduciary relationship existed ...

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In re Estate of Johnson. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0666, 14 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Sampson County Superior Court. (W. Allen Cobb Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: The propounder of a will who repeatedly disobeyed court orders to ...

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Nelson v. Bennett. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0547, 21 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Chatham County Superior Court. (Allen Baddour, J.) N.C. App. Holding: When a testatrix ...

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In re Will of Aiken. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0529, 20 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court. (Linwood Foust, Forrest D. Bridges, Robert P. Johnston & Yvonne Mims Evans, JJ.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Caveators’ ...

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