Legal Opinion

Jones v. . Palmer

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 31, 1939PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSeaweix, J.

We are constrained to affirm tbe judgment of tbe court below in declining to remove tbe administrators on practical considerations wbicb we think must bave controlled tbe clerk, and tbe judge on appeal, in their action.

Tbe evidence and record show that tbe estate is practically administered, and we seriously doubt whether remaining creditors or tbe petitioning distributees will be put in a more favorable position to assert any rights they may bave or redress any wrongs they may bave received at tbe bands of the present incumbents by installing a new administration. Such action is usually…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of Wright and Wright v. . BallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  2. In Re Administration on the Estate of BattleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  3. In Re Will of L. D. GulleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  4. Barnes v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
  5. Atkinson v. Ricks.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. McMichael v. ProctorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  2. Collier v. BryantCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011
  3. In Re Estate of LowtherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  4. Shelton v. FairleyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  5. In Re the Estate of GallowaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948

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