SHEARIN v. BROWN

No. COA20-389.

854 S.E.2d 443 (2021)

2021-NCCOA-4

Harley Elizabeth SHEARIN, Petitioner, v. Cora B. BROWN, Curtis Julian Blocker, Sue B. Comeaux, Paul C. Blocker, Patricia B. Gilbert, John Blocker, Jimmy Blocker, Bobby M. Blocker, Sylvia B. Lucas, Arthur Cleades Mullis, Jr., Debra Mullis Helms, James Ray Shearin, Jewel Lee Jaynes, Donnie Shearin, David Shearin, Warren Lynn Shearin, Danny Shearin, Frances S. Hunt, Henry D. Shearin, Jr., Individually and in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of George Wade Shearin, and Betsy S. Jones, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: February 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk, Kirk, Howell, Cutler & Thomas, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Candace M. Seagroves , for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ward and Smith, P.A., by Michael J. Parrish , New Bern, and E. Bradley Evans , Winterville, for Respondents-Appellees Cora B. Brown, Julian Blocker, Sue B. Comeaux, Paul C. Blocker, John Blocker, Jimmy Blocker, Bobby M. Blocker, Sylvia B. Lucas, Arthur Cleades Mullis, Jr., Debra Mullis Helms, James Ray Shearin, Jewel Lee Jaynes, Donnie Shearin, David Shearin, Warren Lynn Shearin, Danny Shearin, Frances S. Hunt, Henry D. Shearin, Jr., Individually, and Betsy S. Jones.

No brief filed by Respondent-Appellee Patricia B. Gilbert.

No brief filed by Respondent-Appellee Henry D. Shearin, Jr., in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of George Wade Shearin.


¶ 1 Harley Elizabeth Shearin ("Petitioner") appeals from an order dismissing her petition to be declared the sole heir to the Estate of George Wade Shearin ("Decedent") and granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of Decedent's other heirs ("Respondents"). Petitioner contends that her deceased father, Timothy Wade Shearin ...

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