Temple v. . Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action, heard at July Special Term, 1884, of Pas-quotank Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. This action is brought to compel the defendant administrator to render an account and make settlement of the same. It appears by the record that John Temple died intestate some time in the year 3860, leaving surviving him as his only heirs-at-law and next of kin the plaintiffs, William T. Temple and Delia Ann Temple, then infants of tender years.
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Civil Action, heard at July Special Term, 1884, of Pas-quotank Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. This action is brought to compel the defendant administrator to render an account and make settlement of the same. It appears by the record that John Temple died intestate some time in the year 3860, leaving surviving him as his only heirs-at-law and next of kin the plaintiffs, William T. Temple and Delia Ann Temple, then infants of tender years. The defendant, Williams, was duly appointed administrator of the estate of said intestate. Delia Ann Temple intermarried with the plaintiff, Griffin…
1Opinion of the Court
Merrimon, J.,
after stating the case. The court treated the issues submitted and the verdict of the jury upon them as immaterial, and held that, upon the face of the pleadings, the allegations of the complaint and the admissions of the answer, the plaintiffs were entitled to have an account of the estate of the intestate in the hands of the defendant Williams, administrator, taken, and gave judgment aecord-ingly.
We think the judgment thus granted was a.proper one, and that the exceptions of the defendants cannot be sustained.
It appears that the plaintiff William T: Temple and his late sister,…
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