Legal Opinion

McArtan v. . McLauchlin

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1883PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Special PROCEEDING commenced before the clerk and heard at Fall Term, 1882, of CUMBERLAND Superior Court, before Qikner, J. The defendants appealed from the judgment of the court below.

1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, J.

The appeal in this case brings up a single question, for the understanding of which a brief summary of the facts is needed.

The plaintiff, as a creditor of Daniel McLeod, deceased, sued his administrator, the defendant, McLauchlin, and at spring term, 1876, recovered judgment for $2,000, and he seeks in this action to have the lands of his deceased debtor sold to satisfy his demand.

The said McLeod died in May, 1870, and the defendant, McLauchlin, qualified as his administrator on the 11th of August, 1870, and has fully administered the personalty, except a very small sum of money in hand.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Woodley v. . GilliamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dixon v. OsborneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  2. Dixon v. . OsborneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  3. Vass v. . ArringtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
  4. Parker v. . DickinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
  5. Ex parte WorleyDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1884

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