Affirmed.
Fisher v. Melton, 326 N.C. 797 (1990)
June 13, 1990
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
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No. 480A89
326 N.C. 797
HENRY M. FISHER, Substitute Trustee Under The Last Will And Testament of R. B. MELTON v. LILLIE P. MELTON; GRACE P. MILLAR, Executrix Of The Estate of Dorothy Melton; JOE H. MELTON, NORMA M. CALHOUN, PEGGY MELTON; ALICE M. SHEARIN; OLA M. BOSEMAN; LINDA M. ELLEN; THOMAS I. HUTCHINSON; JAMES B. HUTCHINSON; ELMER E. BATTS; JULIE BATTS; CHRISTY ANN BATTS; LINDA K. BATTS; THEODORE L. CONYERS, VIRGINIA L. VESTER; DONALD L. BASS; WILLIAM K. BASS; CAROLYN BASS BROWN; VIRGINIA D. BASS; PATTIE LOU SMITH; BARBARA F. COLLINS, Executrix Of The Estate of Lucinda D. Fulghum; HAZEL MELTON; JACQUELINE S. BAILEY, RONALD ELLIS SMITH; WILL H. LASSITER, Guardian Ad Litem For All The Unknown and Unborn Heirs of R. B. Melton, All The Unknown And Unborn Heirs Of Mavis Melton Bell And All The Unknown And Unborn Beneficiaries Of The Trust Under The Last Will And Testament Of R. B. Melton
No. 480A89
(Filed 13 June 1990)
APPEAL by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 from the decision of the Court of Appeals (Chief Judge Hedrick and Judge Orr concurring, Judge Lewis dissenting), reported at 95 N.C. App. 729, 384 S.E.2d 63 (1989), which affirmed the order of Barefoot, J., entered 10 October 1988 in Superior Court, NASH County. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 May 1990.
Tom Matthews and Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P.A., by Robert M. Wiley and M. Greg Crumpler, for defendant-appellant Lillie P. Melton.
Hunter, Wharton & Lynch, by V. Lane Wharton, Jr. and Maria M. Lynch, for defendant-appellants Julie B. Batts (Adams), Christy Ann Batts, and Linda K. Batts.
Fields & Cooper, by Roy A. Cooper, III and John S. Williford, Jr., for defendant-appellant Pattie Lou Smith.
Keel, Lassiter & Duffy, by Will H. Lassiter, III, for defendant-appellant Guardian Ad Litem for Unknown Heirs and Beneficiaries.
*798 Hunton & Williams, by Catherine Thomas McGee and Walton K. Joyner; Valentine, Adams, Lamar, Etheridge & Sykes, by L. Wardlaw Lamar, for defendant-appellee Barbara F. Collins, Administratrix of the Estate of Lucinda D. Fulghum.