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Durner v. Hood, Comr. of Banks

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sep 1, 1934
175 S.E. 717 (N.C. 1934)

Opinion

(Filed 19 September 1934.)

APPEAL by defendant Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, from Schenck, J., at February Term, 1934, of BUNCOMBE.

Harkins, Van Winkle Walton for plaintiff.

Bourne, Parker, Bernard DuBose for defendant appellant.


Civil action to revoke gratuitous or voluntary trust, which, it is alleged, has proven to be ill-advised, improvident, and impossible of fulfillment.

From a decree terminating the trust, it appearing that the allegations of the petition are abundantly supported by the evidence and so found by the court, the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, as it feels in duty bound to do, appeals, assigning errors.


Affirmed on authority of Bell v. McCoin, 184 N.C. 117, 113 S.E. 561. The cases of McRae v. Trust Co., 199 N.C. 714, 155 S.E. 614, Stanback v. Bank, 197 N.C. 292, 148 S.E. 313, and Anderson v. Wilkins, 142 N.C. 154, 55 S.E. 272, are also cited by petitioner as supporting in tendency the judgment.

Affirmed.

SCHENCK, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Durner v. Hood, Comr. of Banks

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sep 1, 1934
175 S.E. 717 (N.C. 1934)
Case details for

Durner v. Hood, Comr. of Banks

Case Details

Full title:J. A. DURNER v. GURNEY P. HOOD, COMMISSIONER, ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Sep 1, 1934

Citations

175 S.E. 717 (N.C. 1934)
207 N.C. 856

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