Elliott v. . Whedbee
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, tried before Shipp, Judge, at Spring Term, 1885, of Chowan Superior Court, upon the following case agreed, to-wit: John W. Nowell died intestate in Chowan county in 1883, leaving him surviving, Cornelia C. Nowell, his widow, and the plaintiff J. W. Nowell, Jr., and the three feme defendants, Julia, wife of R. H. Whedbee, Ada Nowell, and Sallie, wife of W. H. Elliott, none of whom had any estate, and all are now of full age, except the plaintiff J. W.…
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This was a civil action, tried before Shipp, Judge, at Spring Term, 1885, of Chowan Superior Court, upon the following case agreed, to-wit: John W. Nowell died intestate in Chowan county in 1883, leaving him surviving, Cornelia C. Nowell, his widow, and the plaintiff J. W. Nowell, Jr., and the three feme defendants, Julia, wife of R. H. Whedbee, Ada Nowell, and Sallie, wife of W. H. Elliott, none of whom had any estate, and all are now of full age, except the plaintiff J. W. Nowell, Jr., who was born since the death of his father. Letters of administration on his estate were granted to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAsi-ie, J.
(after stating the facts). The Christian Brotherhood was a corporation chartered by the General Assembly of Virginia, upon the mutual insurance principle. It was made by the charter, capable in law and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and use a common seal, &c. In the second paragraph of the charter, it was declared: “The objects of this brotherhood are entirely benevolent, and shall be established in the city of Norfolk, State of Virginia, for the purpose of encouraging a high standard of morality, lightening the burdens of the poor,…
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