Copping v. Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from ObaNge, March Term, 1910, from W. J. Adams, J., beard at chambers at Durham, by consent, 21 March, 1910. Civil action to recover judgment against an insolvent corporation, wind up its affairs and make disposition of its assets, heard on motion to confirm a sale of the plant by receiver.
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Appeal from ObaNge, March Term, 1910, from W. J. Adams, J., beard at chambers at Durham, by consent, 21 March, 1910. Civil action to recover judgment against an insolvent corporation, wind up its affairs and make disposition of its assets, heard on motion to confirm a sale of the plant by receiver. The sale of the property, being a plant for the manufacture of brick and some land upon which same was situated, was made after due advertisement on 1 March, 1910. Report made to March Term, 1910, Superior Court of Orange County, and the question of confirming the sale by consent was left open to…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
On the findings of fact embodied in the judgment, and there is ample evidence to sustain them, the Court is of the opinion that the sale was properly confirmed. It appeared that the receiver had caused notice of the sale to be published for the usual period in two newspapers of general circulation, had posted notices at the courthouse door and three other public places in the county of Orange, where the plant was situated, for thirty days and had mailed a copy of the decree, containing a notice of the time, place and terms of sale to each of the known creditors and stockholders, and had duly…
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