Legal Opinion

Leach v. . Jones

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1882PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Civil Action to recover land, tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Wake Superior Court, before Bennett, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the land described in the complaint by virtue of a judgment of the superior court of Wake, rendered at June term, 1878, in favor of J. P. H. Russ and Jesse Perry against the defendant as executrix, in which it was adjudged, upon the report of the referee to whom it had been referred to take an account of her administration,' that she was guilty…

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Civil Action to recover land, tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Wake Superior Court, before Bennett, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the land described in the complaint by virtue of a judgment of the superior court of Wake, rendered at June term, 1878, in favor of J. P. H. Russ and Jesse Perry against the defendant as executrix, in which it was adjudged, upon the report of the referee to whom it had been referred to take an account of her administration,' that she was guilty of a devastavit of the assets of her testator, (L. Jones), and the judgment was against her as executrix and in her own…

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff claimed title to the land described in the complaint by virtue of a judgment of the superior court of Wake, rendered at June Term, 1878, in favor of J. P. H. Russ and Jesse Perry against the defendant as executrix, in which it was adjudged, upon the report of the referee to whom it had been referred to take an account of her administration, that she was guilty of a devastavit of the assets of her testator, (L. Jones), and the judgment was against her as executrix and in her own right by reason of the devastavit. The plaintiff offered in evidence the execution issued upon said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Earle & Co. v. HardieSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
  2. Islay v. . StewartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Wallace v. BellamySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  2. Fisher v. Cid Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  3. Wallace v. . BellamySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  4. Syme v. . BadgerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
  5. Peebles v. . PateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884

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