Morton and Wife v. . Lea, Adm'r.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN, for an account, originally begun in the Probate Court, from which it was transferred and tried before McKay, J., at Spring Term, 1875, Pekson Superior Court. All the facts necessary to an understanding of the case as decided in this Court, are stated in the opinion of Justice ByNüM.
1Opinion of the CourtByNum, J.
The plaintiffs, who are the next of kin, and distributees of the estate of James Covington, sue the defendant as administrator, for an account of the estate in his hands and their part of it. The defendant, among other de-fences, pleads in bar of the account demanded, that he had fully accounted with the plaintiff, and he sets forth a copy of what he claimed to be a settlement with them, which is in the following words:
“This day, Wm. Lea and us the undersigned had a settlement of the estate of James Covington, deceased.
Due Bell Covington, $675.25.
Due Susannah Covington, $675.25.
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