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It will be no easy matter for Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds to relinquish any part of her child's right to the inheritance. Before she can relinquish her own rights, it might well be necessary to determine what her rights are. The statement of Lawyer Holman therefore left the question almost exactly where it had been when Zachary Smith Reynolds Jr. propounded it with his first squawk. A few of the other questions which remained for the courts to settle:
Where did Zachary Smith Reynolds have his legal residence?
Was his will, made in New York, valid? If so, how far would it operate against the claims of his widow and his posthumous son?
Would contests over the inheritance take place in New York, where the will was made, or in North Carolina, where the trust was made?
What rights has the former Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds in the estate? Was her waiver of her rights at the time of her divorce legal? Could she waive the rights of her infant daughter?
What would be the effect upon the whole matter in the event of the death of picayune Reynolds, a possibility which his doctors last week found increasingly remote?