Walton v. . Bristol
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action for the immediate possession of certain promissory notes, claimed as tbe property of plaintiff, and held by defendant L. A. Bristol, receiver of the Piedmont Bank of Morganton, tried before McNeill, J., at Spring Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of BuRKe County.
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Civil Action for the immediate possession of certain promissory notes, claimed as tbe property of plaintiff, and held by defendant L. A. Bristol, receiver of the Piedmont Bank of Morganton, tried before McNeill, J., at Spring Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of BuRKe County. Jury trial was waived, and the facts were found by his Honor, who rendered judgment- against the plaintiff, and she excepted and appealed to the Supreme Court- The facts found by his Honor are fully recapitulated in the opinion.
1Dissent
Ct/ARK, J.,
dissenting. The Constitution of North Carolina, Art. X, sec. 6, provides: “The real and personal property of any female in this State, acquired before marriage, and all property, real .and personal, to which she may, after marriage, become in any manner entitled, shall be and remain the sole and separate estate and property of such female, and shall not be liable for any debts, obligations or engagements of her husband, and may be devised and bequeathed, and, with the written assent of her husband, conveyed by her as if she were unmarried.” ■
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