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26 N.C. 9

Lea v. . Gauze

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1843

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1843-12-05

This was an appeal to June Terra, 1842, of this court, which term began ón the 13th day of the month. The defendant was the appellant, and filed the transcript on the 29th of May. Although the opinion of the court was delivered at that term, (see 2 Ired. Rep. 440), the judgment was not entered, and it was afterwards ascertained, that the plaintiff Lea, the administrator of Harris, died on the 7th of June,-1842.

Decided 1843-12-05

Ruffin,. C‘. J.

¶1 Without having regard to the circumstance, that the letters of administration to Jones are general and not de bonis non, his motion must be denied as not having been made in due time. The act, Rev. St. c. 2, s. 6, allows a suit brought by an administrator to be revived by an administrator de bonis non, as it might be revived by an executor upon the death of his testator. Now, by the preceding sections of the act, taken from the acts of 1789 and 1799, according to their settled construction, the executor of a deceased plaintiff must apply to carry on the suit within two terms after the day of the’ testator’s death, except in the cases of contest's about a will or the administration — of which there is no suggestion here. Tay. Rep. 134. 2 Hay. 66, This is the third term since the death of the original plaintiff, and therefore the application is not in time to prevent the action from abating.

¶2 If the death of the plaintiff had occurred while the case was held under advisari here, we might enter the judgment mine pro tunc, as of a day previous to the death ; but in fact that event occurred before the case was constituted in this court, or, at least, before the first term, so that there is no day, of which a judgment could be entered in this court in the life of the party.

¶3 Per Curiam, Motion disallowed.

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