Becton v. Dunn.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActxoN by Amos E. Becton against Charles E. Dunn and others, heard by Judge Q. S. Ferguson, at the June Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Lenoie County. The defendant Dunn made a motion to set aside a judgment by default final rendered at January (Special) Term, 1903. The motion was denied on the ground that the defendant had waited too long, to which ruling the defendant Dunn excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The summons in this action was issued in August, 1902, returnable to September Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Lenoir County. At November Term, 1902, the plaintiff filed his complaint, duly verified, stating that he was the owner of the land in controversy and the defendant was in wrongful possession of the same, wrongfully withholding it from the plaintiff, etc.
At the said November Term, 1902, pursuant to notice previously given, the presiding Judge made an order appointing a receiver of'the real estate, giving him the property in possession to hold the same as such receiver. The order…
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