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SPIVEY v. GODFREY

No. 541.

129 S.E.2d 253 (1963)

258 N.C. 676

Robert L. SPIVEY v. G. W. GODFREY and wife, Mrs. G. W. Godfrey and W. W. Seymour, Administrator of the Estate of D. M. Spivey.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyle & Hoyle, Sanford, for plaintiff, appellant.

Gavin, Jackson & Williams, Sanford, for defendants, appellees.

SHARP, Justice.

Pending the administration of an estate, it is well settled that title to personal property of an intestate vests in his administrator and not his next of kin. Merrill v. Merrill, 92 N.C. 657; Snipes v. Estates Administration, Inc., 223 N.C. 777, 28 S.E.2d 495; Coastal Sales Co. v. Weston, 245 N.C. 621, 97 S.E.2d 267; Rudisill v. Hoyle, 254 N.C. 33,...

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