CHAPPELL v. DEAN

No. 450.

128 S.E.2d 830 (1963)

258 N.C. 412

William G. CHAPPELL v. Kenneth Wayne DEAN, N. K. Dean, Individually, and N. K. Dean, Executor of the Estate of Will Autry, and Joseph W. Carroll.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. Twiggs and Ellis Nassif, Raleigh, for plaintiff.

Blanchard & Farmer, Raleigh, for defendants.


MOORE, Justice.

The pickup truck was registered in the name of Will Autry. Will Autry had died testate prior to 11 January 1961, date of the accident. In his will he bequeathed the pickup truck to N. K. Dean. N. K. Dean was the qualified and acting executor of Autry's estate at the time of the accident. The estate had not been settled. Kenneth Wayne Dean is the son of N. K. Dean and is a member of the latter's household.

Plaintiff alleges that at the time...

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