#### JOSEPH McKINLEY BRYAN TAYLOR, Individually, and as Guardian Ad Litem of Joseph McKinley Bryan Taylor, Jr., and Martha Caroline McKellar Taylor, Minors; and MARY PRICE TAYLOR, Individually v. NATIONSBANK CORPORATION, formerly N.C.N.B. National Bank of North Carolina; E.S. MELVIN; and CAROLE W. FEE BRUCE, Trustees

No. 161PA97

(Filed 5 December 1997)

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 125 N.C. App. 515, 481 S.E.2d 358 (1997), affirming a judgment entered by Rousseau, J., on 3 June 1996 in Superior Court, Guilford County. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 November 1997.

Tharrington Smith, L.L.R, by Wade M. Smith, Roger W. Smith, and Randall M. Roden, for plaintiff-appellees.

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by James G. Exum, Jr., Larry B. Sitton, and Robert R. Marcus, for defendant-appellants.

PER CURIAM.

DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.

Justice FRYE did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.