Medley v. . Dunlap
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY submitted without action under The Code, §567, at Spring Term, 1883, of Anson Superior Court, before Mac Rae, J. It appears that B. F. Medley in bis life-time, with his family, went from this state and became a citizen of the state of Arkansas, and died there in December, 1881, leaving surviving him his widow, the plaintiff, and his four sons, the latter being under the age of fifteen years.
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CONTROVERSY submitted without action under The Code, §567, at Spring Term, 1883, of Anson Superior Court, before Mac Rae, J. It appears that B. F. Medley in bis life-time, with his family, went from this state and became a citizen of the state of Arkansas, and died there in December, 1881, leaving surviving him his widow, the plaintiff, and his four sons, the latter being under the age of fifteen years. At the time of his death the defendants, citizens of this state residing in the county of Anson, had in their hands as executors of the will of the late Martha H. Little, a fund due to him…
1Opinion of the CourtMkrrijjoN, J.
The disposition of the personal property of deceased citizens of other states and countries, situated in this state, is, by the law of comity, governed by the laws of the former-state, except that the laws of this state require that the property here shall be administered and applied to the discharge of debts and liabilities of such deceased person, before any of such property can be removed to the state where the deceased owner lived at the time of his death, or be distributed according to the laws of that state. Such property is treated in the course of administration, with the exception…
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