Kerns v. . Wallace
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition by administrators to sell lands, &c., before Logan, J., at Spring Term 1869 of Meckxekbubg- Court. The petition was filed in tire County Court, January Term 1868, and afterwards was transferred,; and it alleged: That tfie intestate died in 1863, and administration was granted to tire petitioners in October 1863; that in November thereafter they sold personalty to the amount of $3,274 87, wbicb was paid in Confederate currency; that with this they paid off all the…
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Petition by administrators to sell lands, &c., before Logan, J., at Spring Term 1869 of Meckxekbubg- Court. The petition was filed in tire County Court, January Term 1868, and afterwards was transferred,; and it alleged: That tfie intestate died in 1863, and administration was granted to tire petitioners in October 1863; that in November thereafter they sold personalty to the amount of $3,274 87, wbicb was paid in Confederate currency; that with this they paid off all the debts they knew of (some $1,200) and distributed the residue to the next of kin, excepting a share due to a non-resident…
1Opinion of the CourtBodmaN, J.
This is a petition by administrators to sell land to pay debts, pending in tbe County Court at tbe time of tbe abolition of that Court, and then transferred to tbe Superior Court. Tbe defendants allege in tbeir answer that tbe plaintiffs have personal assets in tbeir bands sufficient to pay tbe debts. A referee was appointed to state an account. As there is no exception to tbis account, we must assume it to be correct. He reports that there are debts out-standing, and that tbe plaintiffs have no personal assets, except $3,341.60 in Confederate money. So that tbe question intended to be…
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