Lawrence v. . Norfleet
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Edgecombe 'Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. Henry S. Lloyd died in the year 1860, leaving a will and ■therein appointing as his executors William Norfleet and William Lloyd, both of whom accepted the trust and proceeded in the discharge of the duties imposed.
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Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Edgecombe 'Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. Henry S. Lloyd died in the year 1860, leaving a will and ■therein appointing as his executors William Norfleet and William Lloyd, both of whom accepted the trust and proceeded in the discharge of the duties imposed. William Norfleet, who survived his associate, died on December 29, 1871, having also made a will and appointed John Norfleet his executor, who renounced, and letters of administration on the testator’s estate were issued on January 6, 1872, to the defendant Benjamin Norfleet. Letters of…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
after stating the case. While the right of action against the defendant was in abeyance until the issue of letters de bonis non on the estate of Lloyd to the plaintiff, and the statute was suspended because there was no one competent to sue, it did then vest in the plaintiff and the -statute was put in motion to run its course.
The limitations prescribed in the Code of Civil Procedure, which govern the present case, require an action to be brought “ by any creditor of a deceased person against his personal or real representative within seven years next after the qualification of…
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