Williamson v. . Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county. The defendant having been held liable to account by a previous declaration of this Court, it was referred to A. C. Williamson, Esq., clerk and master in equity of Mecklenburg county, to state the account between the defendant and his wards. At this term, the commissioner filed reports, setting forth, separately, the defendant’s indebtedness to his wards, to which both plaintiff and defendant excepted.
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Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county. The defendant having been held liable to account by a previous declaration of this Court, it was referred to A. C. Williamson, Esq., clerk and master in equity of Mecklenburg county, to state the account between the defendant and his wards. At this term, the commissioner filed reports, setting forth, separately, the defendant’s indebtedness to his wards, to which both plaintiff and defendant excepted. The plaintiff excepted, because the commissioner allowed 5 per cent, commissions on individual vouchers, (naming them by their…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
This canse, now comes before us for further directions, upon the exceptions taken by both parties to the master’s report. The complainants except to the commissions allowed the defendant, Williams, as guardian, upon the disbursements for bills paid for his wards to mercantile firms, of which he was a partner. We see no reason for this exception. The guardian was as much bound to make payment to the partnership, of which he was a member, for goods purchased for his wards, as he would have been to any other partnership or person. The exception is over-ruled.
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