McLean v. Breece
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Proceeding for the settlement of a deceased lunatic’s estate by his guardian, instituted before the Clerk of Cumberland Superior Court by the guardian against the daughter of the lunatic, to which the administrator of the lunatic afterwards made himself a party, and heard on report of referee at January Term, 1893, of CUMBERLAND Superior Court, before Winston, J., from whose judgment against him the plaintiff appealed.
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Proceeding for the settlement of a deceased lunatic’s estate by his guardian, instituted before the Clerk of Cumberland Superior Court by the guardian against the daughter of the lunatic, to which the administrator of the lunatic afterwards made himself a party, and heard on report of referee at January Term, 1893, of CUMBERLAND Superior Court, before Winston, J., from whose judgment against him the plaintiff appealed. The exceptions are noted in the opinion of Associate Justice Clark. (For former appeal in same case, see 109 N. C., 564.)
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
When this cause was here before (109 N. C., 564), the Court said, in reference to “ vouchers numbered, respectively in the account stated by the referee, Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,” aiid those for “sundry trips to Raleigh on account of ward,” that “ the referee must be required to inquire more particulárly as to the nature and purpose of and the necessity for the expenditures and disbursements embraced by them.” This the referee proceeded to do. On the coming in of the, report the Court allowed defendant’s exceptions to vouchers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17,…
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