Legal Opinion

Linker v. . Linker

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 13, 1938PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWinborne, J.

Upon the facts as stated these questions arise:

I. Where there is a surplus of proceeds of the sale of land to make assets to pay debts of the estate of an intestate after such debts have been paid, has the administrator of the intestate the right to retain and apply the share of an heir in payment of an indebtedness, not an advancement, due by such heir to the intestate when judgment creditors ’ of such heir hold judgments duly docketed in the county where the land is situated at the date of the death of the intestate ?

2. If not, is the judgment creditor whose judgment was first docketed…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Johnson v. . LeavittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  2. Speed v. PerrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  3. Speed v. . PerrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  4. Price v. . AskinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  5. Floyd v. . HerringSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Moore v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  2. Coastal Sales Co. v. WestonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Summers Hardware Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  4. Guilford County v. Estates Administration, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  5. Matthews v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1988

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