Legal Opinion

Purvis and Wife v. . Carstaphan

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1875PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiffs had executed to the defendant a mortgage, a copy of which is hereto annexed. The debts to be secured were those of the husband; the land mortgaged was the property of the wife.

The plaintiff William, traded with the defendant Carstaphan, to an amount greater than fifteen hundred dollars, and the other creditors secured in the mortgage had been paid in full; and delivered to the defendant Carstaphan, all of the cotton raised on the mortgaged lands, to an amount greater than the $1,500 and the $224.83, but the plaintiff is still indebted to him in about the sum of $1,100. The…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hawley v. BradfordNew York Court of Chancery · 1841
  2. Pettibone v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
  3. Stoughton v. PascoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1825
  4. Johns v. ReardonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
  5. Jos. W. Jenkins & Co. v. BealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hedrick v. . ByerlySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
  2. Gwathmey Dobie v. . PearceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876

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