43 N.C. 30 | N.C. | 1851
The master reported, on the inquiry directed at the hearing, that the fund in the hands of Mrs. Smith as trustee, in lieu of the real estate sold, and to which the defendant Shackleford is entitled as tenant by the curtesy, consists of certain slaves and of the sum of $500 in money, the proceeds of the sale of another slave. Upon the report, the defendant moved to dissolve the injunction against proceeding on the judgments at law, submitting to a decree to pay to the plaintiff annually the interest on the $500 and the hires and profits of the slaves; and the plaintiff, on the other hand, moved for a decree directing the defendant to sell the estate for Shackleford's life in those slaves, in the first instance on execution, when taken out.
The Court is of opinion that neither motion is precisely correct, although the act of 1812 makes trusts in personal property liable to execution against the cestui que trust, yet it is settled that the case of a trust of personal chattels for one for life and then in trust for others is not within it, as the trustee's legal title must be preserved entire for the security of those entitled under the ulterior limitations.Dick v. Pitchford,
PER CURIAM. Decreed accordingly.
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