Gill v. . Cooper
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a Civil action, heard at the May Term, 1892, of Iredell Superior Court before Mclver, J. The facts are set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Burwell, J.:
This action was referred by consent, and the referee found that the plaintiff’s cause of action against the defendants, Cooper and Clegg, was barred by the statute of limitations (The Code, § 155, [6]). The plaintiff excepted; the matter was heard upon this exception, and it was overruled. There was judgment for said defendants, and plaintiff appealed.
A. F. Gaither was appointed administrator of the estate of John Diffie in June, 1883; the defendants Clegg and Cooper became sureties on his bond; Gaither died in August, 1883, without having rendered any inventory of the estate; the…
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