In the Matter of Latham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an appeal from certain interlocutory orders made in the course of the proceedings on this petition in the Court of Equity of Beaufort County, at the Fall Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. The following are the facts of the case presented to this Court. Daniel Latham was duly found to be a lunatic. He had a wife and some children, and was deeply involved in debt. The Court appointed the petitioner, Thomas Latham, to be his committee.
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This was an appeal from certain interlocutory orders made in the course of the proceedings on this petition in the Court of Equity of Beaufort County, at the Fall Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. The following are the facts of the case presented to this Court. Daniel Latham was duly found to be a lunatic. He had a wife and some children, and was deeply involved in debt. The Court appointed the petitioner, Thomas Latham, to be his committee. The said committee filed this petition, to have the real and personal estate of the lunatic sold, for the purpose of paying his debts, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
Before we give any opinion’ upon the exceptions taken by the creditors to the master’s report, we must first see that there is a balance of estate on hand, sufficient to maintain the lunatic during his lunacy, and his wife and infant children. Shelford on Lunatics, 356. In England, the grant, under the great seal, of the custody of the person and estate of the lunatic, contains, among other things, an authority to the bailiff or committee, to take the property and effects of the lunatic, for his profit and advantage ; “ and for the maintenance, sustenance and support of the said A. B. and his…
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