Duffie v. . Williams

This cause was before the Court at the Fall Term, 1903 (133 N.C. 195), when all matters in controversy were disposed of, except the rents and the Bradham loan. It was sent back to the referee (531) for the purpose of passing upon these items in the account. Upon the hearing the plaintiffs abandoned their claim for rents. The referee found as a conclusion of fact, largely upon defendant's own evidence, that he did not keep the funds of his wards separate from his own, but charged each item upon its receipt against himself, with compound interest, and placed such money in his personal funds.…