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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : McLarty and wife v Broom (executor of Howard), Barrett and wife and McMurray and wife, June 1872

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1872.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) and North Carolina. Division of Archives and History
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W D Howard died in 1864 and gave the bulk of his real and personal estate to his three sisters to be equally divided between them. His executor was directed to sell on 12 months' credit. The husbands of two of the sisters purchased the bulk of the items sold and then, instead of giving notes for these purchases, they gave receipts in exchange for the relevant amounts of their wives respective shares. It was held that this process should not disadvantage the infant sister. A note given by S B Howard was for the purchase of a slave in November 1864 for [dollars] 7,000. The plaintiffs were successful in their appeal. The younger sister had been disadvantaged by the activities of other family members. Chief Justice Pearson said that instead of receiving an equal share with her two sisters of their brother's bounty, she has received only his watch and a few other articles, whereas the husband of one of her sisters, in right of his wife, has secured himself real estate of much value, and the husband of her other sister, in right of his wife, has realised a large sum out of the ante-war notes due to the testator. The Supreme Court ordered a further account to rectify the imbalance.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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