Howell v. . Reams, Adm'r.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
■ This was a Civil actioN, for contribution by one co-surety against the administrator of another co-surety, tried upon exceptions to the report of a referee, by his Honor, Judge Waits, at the Eall Term, 1874, of Granville Superior Court. This suit was commenced by the plaintiff in 1868 ; at Fall Term, 1872, it was referred ; and at the ensuing Spring Term, 1873, the report of the referee was filed,- to which the plaintiff filed numerous exceptions.
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■ This was a Civil actioN, for contribution by one co-surety against the administrator of another co-surety, tried upon exceptions to the report of a referee, by his Honor, Judge Waits, at the Eall Term, 1874, of Granville Superior Court. This suit was commenced by the plaintiff in 1868 ; at Fall Term, 1872, it was referred ; and at the ensuing Spring Term, 1873, the report of the referee was filed,- to which the plaintiff filed numerous exceptions. Upon the hearing, his Honor overruled the exceptions and gave judgment for the defendant. From this judgment, the plaintiff' appealed. All the…
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
In the year 1860, James Howell and John Reams, became the sureties of “William Reams, on a bond payable to Thomas Raney, which bond was afterwards assigned to one Harris. John Reams, the principal obligor, died in 18C6, and in the same year letters of administration upon his estate, were granted to David Reams, the defendant. In 1867, an action was brought upon the bond and judgment was recovered against William Reams, the principal, and Howell one of the sureties, a nol. pros, having been entered as to the administrator of tho other surety.
William Reams the principal in the bond and…
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