Legal Opinion

Young v. . Greenlee

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1880PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Civil Action to recover possession of land tried at Spring Term, 1879, of McDowell Superior Court, before Graves, J. Verdict and judgment for defendants, appeal by plaintiffs.

1Opinion of the CourtDillard, J.

The plaintiffs sue to recover land as pur<-chasers at sheriff’s sale under a judgment and execution against defendant, Thomas Greenlee; and the defendant Margaret Greenlee, wife of the judgment debtor, resists recovery, claiming through sheriff’s sale and deed to S. H. Flemming and a deed from Flemming to herself; the sale and judgment lien, with which she connects herself, being prior to the sale and judgment under which plaintiffs claim title.

On the trial the plaintiffs alleged that the purchase by Flemming under the older judgment was on a secret trust for the debtor, and was effected…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Manning v. . ManningSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
  2. Cecil v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
  3. Crews v. First National Bank of CharlotteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Helms v. . GreenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. Currie v. . ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  3. Jones v. . CoffeySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
  4. Locklear v. Bullard.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  5. Woodley v. . HassellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886

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