First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank v. Knotts

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

This was a creditors’ suit instituted by the plaintiff on behalf of itself and all other creditors for the purpose of having the debts and liabilities of the defendant, Shingler B. Knotts, and the rank and priority of his mortgages determined, and of having his assets ascertained and administered by the Court, defining and determining the location of his dwelling and the division line between the properties mortgaged to the plaintiff and the properties mortgaged to his sister, the defendant, Annie M. Knotts, respectively and for…