Legal Opinion

Peoples National Bank v. Waggoner

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 11, 1923PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.

In Mfg. Co. v. Summers, 143 N. C., 102, it was held: “When a man's property bas been obtained from bim by actionable fraud or covin, tbe owner can follow and recover it from tbe wrongdoer as long as be can identify or trace it; and tbe right attaches not only- to tbe wrong-doer bimself, but to any one to’ whom tbe property bas been transferred otherwise than in good faith and for valuable consideration; and this applies not only to specific property, but to money and cboses in action.”

This in the main is an equitable doctrine which, on the facts of the present record and like cases, is made…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Avery v. StewartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  3. Newton v. . PorterNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Lance v. Butler.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  5. Manufacturing Co. v. . SummersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Variety Wholesalers, Inc. v. Salem Logistics Traffic Services, LLCSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2012
  2. Andrews v. BrownTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  3. King v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
  4. Edgecombe Bank & Trust Co. v. BarrettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  5. Bank of Vance v. CrowderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927

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