Tripp v. Nobles.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by W. IT. Tripp against S. J. Nobles and others, beard by Judge M. II. Justice and a jury, at March Term, 1904, of tire Superior Court of Pitt County. This is a petition filed by the plaintiff, executor of Mary Nobles, deceased, for license to sell her real estate to make assets for the payment of her debts. The defendants are her heirs at law. The petition contains the usual averments prescribed by the statute in such cases.
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Action by W. IT. Tripp against S. J. Nobles and others, beard by Judge M. II. Justice and a jury, at March Term, 1904, of tire Superior Court of Pitt County. This is a petition filed by the plaintiff, executor of Mary Nobles, deceased, for license to sell her real estate to make assets for the payment of her debts. The defendants are her heirs at law. The petition contains the usual averments prescribed by the statute in such cases. The defendant, S. J. Nobles, filed an answer to the petition, denying the material averments therein. The Clerk, upon the coming in of the answer, transferred the…
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The land described in the petition was the property of Simon J. Nobles, the husband of plaintiff’s testatrix, and father of the defendants. He conveyed it to Macon G. Moye, who immediately conveyed to said Mary J. Nobles.
Ten years thereafter the husband, Simon J. Nobles, executed his will, bequeathing to his wife, the said Mary, all of his personal property, of the value of $100, and devising to her the land conveyed, as aforesaid, for her life, remain*101der to Ms son, the defendant, S. <T. Nobles, subject to a charge of $126 in favor of his daughter, Florence L. Move, and $172 in favor of…
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- Caulfield v. . SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Allen v. . AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Syme v. . BadgerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
- Mendenhall v. . MendenhallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1860
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