Court of Appeals of North Carolina March 20, 1990, No. 893SC557 (In re the Estate of Ward)

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Only these facts are pertinent to the question presented: James Hiram Ward, Jr. died testate; his widow, Martha Harris Ward, dissented from the will; a caveat, since resolved, was filed by James Earl Ward, decedent’s son; and the Superior Court ordered the executor of the estate to distribute to Martha Harris Ward her intestate share by dissent without regard to the cost of the