Legal Opinion

Scales v. . Scales

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 27, 1940PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClaeksoN, J.

On the facts in this case, did the court err in signing the above judgment? We think not.

N. C. Code, 1939 (Michie), sec. 618, in part, is as follows: “In all cases in the courts of this State wherein judgment has been, or may hereafter be, rendered against two or more persons or corporations, who are jointly and severally liable for its payment either as joint obligors or joint tort-feasors, and the same has not been paid by all the judgment debtors by each paying his proportionate part thereof; if one of the judgment debtors shall pay the judgment creditor, either before or after execution…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hoft v. . MohnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  2. Fowle v. . McLeanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  3. Hamilton v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1932

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jordan v. BlackwelderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  2. Patel v. PatelCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2024

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