Jones v. . Gerock
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Jones county. The bill is filed by the widow of Edward Starkey Jones of Alabama, who had lands and personal ¿property in tlie counties of Jones and Onslow, in this State. The bill sets out that the decedent, E. S. Jones, made a will in the State of Alabama, which was duly admitted to probate in Dallas county, in that State, but from which she dissented at the time of its being offered for probate according to the laws of that State.
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Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Jones county. The bill is filed by the widow of Edward Starkey Jones of Alabama, who had lands and personal ¿property in tlie counties of Jones and Onslow, in this State. The bill sets out that the decedent, E. S. Jones, made a will in the State of Alabama, which was duly admitted to probate in Dallas county, in that State, but from which she dissented at the time of its being offered for probate according to the laws of that State. Af. terwards, the said will was duly admitted to probate in the County Court of Onslow, in this State, where a large…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaesoN, C. J.
The rules of pleading and the orderly mode of proceeding and making entries in a cause, are intended, not merely for the convenience of the parties, so that they may not be taken by surprise, but also for the convenience of the Court, so as to prevent confusion and the embarrassment, which is apt to occur, whenever the regular course of tilings is departed from. In this case, the objection to the bill, on the ground of its being multifarious, and because it improperly prays for a division of the slaves and other specific personal property, instead of an account and settlement of the personal…
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