Jones v. . Desern
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Special PROCEEDING for the partition of land, heard on appeal from the Clerk, by Gilmer, Judge, at January Special Term, 1886, of Durham Superior Court. The facts are set out in the opinion. The defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimON, J.
On the 15th day of April, 1885, the plaintiffs began this special proceeding in the Superior Court of the county of Durham, by summons returnable on the 27th day of the same month. On the last named day they filed their petition, in which they alleged thal they were tenants in common with the defendants, of the lands described therein, and demanded judgment that the same be partitioned among such tenants according to law, &c.
On the same day the defendants- filed their answer to the petition, in which they alleged that then, and at and before the bringing of the special proceeding, there was…
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