Halifax County NcArchives Court.....Geroud - Deceased, Honorie 1787
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1787

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787
1787 
Volume 24, Pages 885 - 951

CHAPTER XXXI.

An Act to Charge the Estate of Honorie Geroud, late of the town of Halifax, 
Deceased, with the payment of all his Just Debts, and to prefer the same to 
the Title acquired by this State in the Property which was of the said Geroud 
in consequence of his Self-murder.

Whereas Honorie Geroud, late of the town of Halifax in this State, in 
consequence of his self-murder has forfeited to the public all his personal 
property, whereby his creditors are likely to be deprived of a remedy for the 
recovery of their just debts:

I. Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, That the 
administrators of the said Honorie Geroud shall make payment out of his 
personal property (to be disposed of as the estate of other intestates with 
respect to the disposal thereof) of all debts, dues and demands justly due and 
owing from the said Honorie Geroud at the time of his death, and the residue 
of the said estate shall be distributed to the next of kin to the said Honorie 
Geroud, agreeable to the laws made and provided for the distribution of the 
estates of persons dying intestate in other cases.

And whereas such forfeitures can answer no valuable purpose and may distress 
creditors, innocent relations and orphans:

II. Be it Enacted, That in all cases of suicide or self-murder hereafter 
happening, administration may be applied for and granted as in the cases of 
natural and ordinary death, and debts shall be paid and distribution made 
agreeable to the laws that are or may be made and provided for the management 
and distribution of the estates of persons dying intestate; and no forfeiture 
shall be hereafter incurred by suicide or self-murder; any law, usage or 
custom to the contrary notwithstanding.


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