Land Co. v. . Jennett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover land by the Scranton and North Carolina Land and Lumber Company against George Jennefct and others, heard by Judge Thomas McNeill and a jury, at Fall Term, 1900, of ITyde County Superior Court. From a judgment of nonsuit, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClare, J.
The plaintiff claims under a deed from D. Wahab; administrator, which on its face purports to be authorized by orders and decrees in a special proceeding, entitled “D. Wahab, Adnffr of H. W. Wahab, against W. H. Wahab and others.” It appeared in evidence that the order of sale in said special proceeding and the order confirming the sale by which the deed to plaintiff was directed and the probate of deed to plaintiff, were all made by J. IT. Wahab, Clerk of the Superior Court, who was one of the heirs-at-law and distributees of the deceased and a party to the proceeding, that he drew the…
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