Lambeth v. Lambeth

The question posed on this appeal is this: Does a judge of the superior court have the power and authority to order a Receiver of the defendant husband’s property, located in North Carolina, to sell certain non-income producing real estate for the purpose of investing the proceeds derived therefrom in legal investments so as to produce an income sufficient to enable the Receiver to pay the expenses of the receivership and alimony payments awarded the plaintiff by the final judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict that the defendant had abandoned his wife and child?

It appears from the record…