Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 20, 1967No. 441PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C.J.
The payment of the judgment in the Cabarrus County action in favor of Bowen and Knitting Co. against Trucking Co. was authorized by G.S. 1-239, and discharges the judgment. 3 Strong’s N. C. Index, Judgments, § 47, p. 68. “The effect of the statute (C.S. 617, now G.S. 1-239) is to make the clerk the statutory agent of the owner of the judgment, and not of the party making the payment.” Dalton v. Strickland, 208 N.C. 27, 179 S.E. 20.
Bowen in the present action seeks to reach and apply to the payment of the judgment in the Forsyth County action in which Shipp, the agent of Trucking Co., ivas the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Charnock v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Thompson v. LassiterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
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3Cited by27 opinions
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