Legal Opinion

McDonald v. . McLeod

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1840PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This was a bill filed in Moore Court of Equity, at Spring Term, 1837. Answers were put in, replication made, depositions taken, the cause referred to the Clerk and Master, a report made and confirmed, and the cause set for hearing and removed to the Supreme Court at the Fall Term, 1840. In the Supreme Court, a petition was filed to rehear the interlocutory order referring the case to the Clerk and Master, and the petition was granted.

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This was a bill filed in Moore Court of Equity, at Spring Term, 1837. Answers were put in, replication made, depositions taken, the cause referred to the Clerk and Master, a report made and confirmed, and the cause set for hearing and removed to the Supreme Court at the Fall Term, 1840. In the Supreme Court, a petition was filed to rehear the interlocutory order referring the case to the Clerk and Master, and the petition was granted. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Gaston, Judge.

This bill was filed by Norman McDon- and John McDonald against Daniel McLeod, in the Court of Equity for the county of Moore, on the 7th of Februarf> 1^37; and its object is to let in the plaintiffs to redeem a negro slave named Joe, which the bill alleges to have been conveyed by them to the defendant, as a security for the repayment of a sum of money lent to them by him. The plaintiffs state, in their bill, that in the month of February, 1829, having occasion for the sum of seven hundred dollars, to pay judgments obtained against them by one David Kennedy, they made…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Watkins v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
  2. Porter v. White.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
  3. Davenport v. . PhelpsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  4. Bruce v. . ChildSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1826
  5. McLin v. . McNamaraSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1836

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