Jones v. Layne
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Ward, J., and* a jury, at August Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of Suery County. At tbe conclusion of tbe evidence tbe Court sustained a motion as of nonsuit. Plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The plaintiff and ber husband lived in this State at the time of their marriage. They removed to Kentucky. After awhile they separated, she returning to this State, her husband going on to the State of Washington, where he died. There being no administration here, upon her application to a justice of the peace, under Revisal, sec. 3098, year’s provision was laid off to her to the amount of a fund or debt due her husband ($51.42) by the defendant. This action to recover said amount of the defendant, by virtue of the allotment, was begun before a justice of the peace.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Redmond v. Commissioners of RutherfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
- Shannon v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Simpson v. . CuretonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- Jones v. . GerockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1861
- Medley v. . DunlapSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
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