Templeton v. Bartlett

Complainant, as administrator of the estate of Allen Roughton Waggoner, deceased, filed this bill in the Chancery Court of Moore County, to enjoin the County Trustee from taxing ad valorem certain certificates of deposit which came into complainant’s hands as assets of the estate of the deceased. The defendant answered the bill. A stipulation of facts was filed and the Chancellor, after hearing the cause, decided in favor of the complainant, granted the injunction as prayed, and the defendant has perfected this appeal.

The defendant, Trustee, insists that the certificates of deposit, all of…