Legal Opinion

Felton v. . Felton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 2, 1938PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWinborne, J.

Four questions are presented on this appeal:

1. Can distributees of the estate of the intestate, whose debts are paid, maintain action for waste or devastavit?

2. Has an administratrix the right and authority to sell a note, an asset of the estate, at private sale made in good faith and for fair value?

3. Does purchaser of a note, an asset of the estate, at private sale from the administratrix, for fair value and without notice of bad faith, if any, of the administratrix in making sale, obtain a good title ?

4. Did the court below err in rendering judgment on the pleadings?

Careful consideration…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Merrill v. . MerrillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
  2. Rector v. . RectorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  3. Creech v. . WilderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  4. University of N. C. v. HughesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  5. Cox v. First National Bank of WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge HardySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  2. Campbell v. First Baptist Church of DurhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  3. State v. PeekSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  4. Wade v. Carolina Brush Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  5. Reid v. KayyeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989

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