Falls v. . Torrance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
From Iredell. This cause having been retained, on a former motion to dismiss Cvide ante, Vol. 2, p. 490) now came on to be heard, when it appeared to be a Bill filed in 1817, setting forth, that one Gilbraith Falls died intestate, in June, 1780, and that in 1781, administration on his estate was granted to his widow, who in 1784 intermarried with Hugh Torrance : that Complainants were the children of Gilbraith Falls, and at the time of his death were infants; that some of…
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From Iredell. This cause having been retained, on a former motion to dismiss Cvide ante, Vol. 2, p. 490) now came on to be heard, when it appeared to be a Bill filed in 1817, setting forth, that one Gilbraith Falls died intestate, in June, 1780, and that in 1781, administration on his estate was granted to his widow, who in 1784 intermarried with Hugh Torrance : that Complainants were the children of Gilbraith Falls, and at the time of his death were infants; that some of them, the daughters, married in infancy, and were yet married women j that among other property which belonged to their…
1Opinion of the Court
The bill further stated that for a number of years complainants were ignorant of the situation of their father's estate, and further, that Hugh Torrance made repeated declarations that he did not intend to hold nor did he claim Flora and her children as his property, but that they should be distributed among the children of Gilbraith Falls, whereby complainants became less anxious to press for an immediate decision.
The prayer of the bill was that James Torrance might deliver up Flora and her children, and account for the value of their labor.
The answer of the defendant admitted that Hugh…
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