90 S.E. 909 | N.C. | 1916
The action was brought by certain judgment creditors of S.D. Anderson against the defendants, upon the official bond of the feme defendant as administratrix with the will annexed of S.D. Anderson, her first husband.
The defendants pleaded that there had been an adjudication of the matter in controversy in a former proceeding before the clerk of the *880 Superior Court which was carried by appeal to the judge, who entered a judgment therein. It appears that the administratrix filed her final account, and some of the plaintiffs as creditors of her intestate filed exceptions thereto, but all of this resulted finally in the judge sustaining certain exceptions to the final account of the administratrix and overruling others, and remanding the proceedings to the clerk to reform the final account according to his rulings. This the clerk did, and upon a final adjustment of the matter upon the basis indicated in the judge's rulings, the clerk found that the administratrix had received as assets applicable to debts of her intestate the sum of $2,084.46 instead of $2,279.65, as formerly reported, and that she had disbursed $1,965.22 instead of $2,627.21 as formerly reported by her, leaving in her hands for distribution to and among the creditors entitled thereto the sum of $119.24 and the clerk then adjudged that the final account be amended and reformed accordingly. The principal exceptions filed by the creditors were to the payment of taxes on her land with which the administratrix had credited herself in the account. The court referred the case to Mr. T. J. Hill, who has performed his duty well and filed a very carefully prepared and accurate report. He passed upon each item of the account after taking evidence and reports that the class of creditors to which the plaintiffs belong are entitled to recover 79.6 per cent of their claims, the following being the statement:
"Marler-Dalton-Gilmer Co., in the sum of ............ $ 140.18 Treacy-Morris Co., in the sum of ................... 153.19 J. K. Orr Shoe Co., in the sum of .................... 73.45 Bristol Overall and Pants Co., in the sum of ......... 41.04 Madison Flouring Mills Co., in the sum of ............ 28.27 --------- Total ......................................... $ 436.13"
The judge confirmed the report and rendered judgment in favor of each creditor for the amount found by the referee as his share, and for costs, and the defendant administratrix appealed.
The principal questions in this appeal are settled by Bean v. Bean,
The finding of the referee that the administratrix is indebted to the plaintiffs in the several amounts above set forth in the statement of the case was well supported by the facts, and, besides, when a referee makes a finding of fact from evidence and it is approved by the judge, upon exception to the report, we do not review the finding here. (826)McCullers v. Cheatham,
Affirmed.
Cited: S. v. Jackson,