Covington v. . Lattimore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Actioh tried on exceptions to a referee’s report, at Fall Term, 1882, of Cleveland Superior Court, before Graves, J. The plaintiffs appealed from the judgment overruling their exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
William Covington died early in the year 1861, leaving a will in which the defendant and one D. P. Gold are nominated executors, both of whom accepted the trust and proceeded to administer the testator’s personal estate. Gold has since died, and the present suit, at the instance of the legatees other than the widow who has assigned her interest to them, is against the defendant, surviving executor, for an account and settlement of his administration.
The referee, who, under an interlocutory order, has been directed to take and state an account, made his report at spring term, 1882, accompanied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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