Alexander v. . Wriston
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried at Spring Term, 1879, of Mecklen-burg Superior Court, before Kerr, J. This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator of John M. Springs, deceased, to recover the amount alleged to be due upon a note made by M. L. Wriston, the defendant’s testator, to the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Civil Action tried at Spring Term, 1879, of Mecklen-burg Superior Court, before Kerr, J. This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator of John M. Springs, deceased, to recover the amount alleged to be due upon a note made by M. L. Wriston, the defendant’s testator, to the plaintiff’s intestate. It was admitted upon the trial that the note was made payable to J. M. Springs, as guardian of Richard A. Springs and other minors; but the plaintiff alleged that since his qualification as administrator, he had paid to the wards of his intestate the amount of the note, and insisted that it…
1Opinion of the CourtSjiith, C. J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, J. M. Springs, while guardian to the four infant children of Alexander Springs,, as part of the trust estate in his hands, took from the defendant his bond as follows :
$793.85. One day after date I promise to pay J. M. Springs,, guardian, seven hundred and ninety-three frnr dollars, for/ value received. ' M. L. WkistoN, [seal.]
Nov. 18, 1865.
This bond after his death was found among the intestate’s■■ papers, and the plaintiff, as his administrator, brought this, action to recover the money due thereon. The plaintiff offered no evidence of any settlement of the trust,…
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