Finch v. Strickland.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by N. B. Finch against Mary J. Strickland and others, heard by Judge Francis D. Winston, at August Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Nash County. From an order allowing an amendment to the complaint, the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClare, J.
Allison Strickland died in 1891, having devised all his property real and personal to his widow, Mary J. Strickland, during her widowhood, and subject to this devise to her, he gave his lands to his six children, specifying number of acres to each, which covered all his realty except one tract of 84- acres. In 1892, the widow, as executrix, filed a proceeding to sell this last named tract to make assets to pay debts, and one Minshew purchased, but paid only $40.00 thereon. In 1895, the plaintiff N. B. Finch, claiming to be a creditor of the deceased, intervening in said proceeding, procured…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thurber. Whyland & Co. v. LaRoqueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Mizzell v. . RuffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Strickland v. Strickland.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
- Finch v. Strickland.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902