Legal Opinion

Mauney v. . Pemberton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1876Published

1Opinion of the Court

1. No authority is cited or good reason shown why a sale of land for assets, made by an administrator, pursuant to the judgment of the court of probate, in a special proceeding therein instituted for that purpose, is not a judicial sale as much as a sale for partition or any other purpose, previous to the adoption of the present Constitution. The sale made by the administrator was a judicial sale.

2. By force of ch. 31, sec. 129, of the Rev. Code, the courts ordering a judicial sale may, on motion, after ten days' notice, etc., enter judgment as soon as the money may become due, etc. This…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. . CunninghamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875
  2. Long v. . JarrattSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  3. Spencer v. . CredleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
  4. Lord v. . BeardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
  5. Stafford, Adm'r, C. v. . Harris, Guardian, CSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875

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