Mecke v. Valleytown Mineral Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action in the nature of a creditors' bill, filed by the plaintiff for and on behalf of himself and all other creditors of the Valleytown Mineral Company against said Valleytown Mineral Company, The Roessler and and Hasslacher Chemical Company and R. L. Cooper, Ben Posey and J. F. Abernathy, Trustees, to which Geo.
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Action in the nature of a creditors' bill, filed by the plaintiff for and on behalf of himself and all other creditors of the Valleytown Mineral Company against said Valleytown Mineral Company, The Roessler and and Hasslacher Chemical Company and R. L. Cooper, Ben Posey and J. F. Abernathy, Trustees, to which Geo. Hillyer, Ellen E. Hillyer and John Colvin became parties upon their voluntary petition, claiming the forfeiture of a certain lease by the Valleytown Mineral Company. The bill alleges that in the year 189— certain persons had an option or contract to purchase a tract of land in…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The summons was returnable to May Term, 1897, of Cherokee Superior Court. The complaint and amended complaint were filed, judgment taken for want of an answer, and a referee appointed to state an account, a receiver having also been duly appointed before the return term. Notwithstanding the judgment appointing a referee recites that no answer had been filed, there is certified .up to us this entry from the minutes *! Thirty days leave to file amended complaint and sixty days thereafter to file answer.” On August 16 one of the defendants, The Roessler & Hass-lacher Chemical Co., a…
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