Legal Opinion
Lichtenfels v. North Carolina National Bank
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided September 18, 1963No. 96PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodmaN, J.
All fiduciaries may be compelled by appropriate proceeding to account for their handling of properties committed to their care. When the fiduciary is an executor, administrator, collector, or personal representative of a deceased, he may, at the instance of an interested party, be compelled to account by special proceeding or civil action, G.S. 28-122 and 147; or the court which appointed him may, ex mero motu, compel a proper accounting by attachment for contempt, G.S. 28-118.
An executor or administrator is liable in his official capacity fox breach of his duty to properly handle and account…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Byers v. McAuleySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Fisher v. First National Bank of OmahaDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1972
- Michigan National Bank v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- Staley v. Homeland, Inc.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1974
- Dolgow v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
- Lapinsohn v. Lewis Charles, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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