Legal Opinion

Lee v. . Oates

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 24, 1916PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The agreed facts are substantially as follows: Plaintiff contracted to convey to defendant an indefeasible fee-simple title to certain land in Mecklenburg County, for which defendant contracted to pay plaintiff the sum of $7,000. Plaintiff thereupon executed and tendered to defendant a deed, admitted to be in due and proper form, for the land in question, which defendant refused to accept, and refused to comply with his part of the contract, on the ground that the plaintiff did not have, and his said deed did not convey, an indefeasible fee-simple title to the said land; and this controversy…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Starnes v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  2. Smith v. Proctor.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  3. Wool v. Fleetwood.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  4. Whitesides v. . CooperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  5. Latimer v. . WaddellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Crockett v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of CharlotteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  2. Craven County v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  3. Fisher v. . FisherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  4. Woody v. . CatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  5. Williams v. . McPhersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

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