Legal Opinion
Richmond Cedar Works v. Stringfellow
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided September 20, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions
At Raw. Action by the Richmond Cedar Works against R. S. Stringfellow and another.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
[1] Plaintiff shows title out of the state by grant No. 687 to Josiah Collins, July 9, 1796. It then introduced certified copy of a deed from Collins to Richard Davis, March 11, 1789. The certified copy contains the following words:
“Be it known that I, Josiah Collins, Allen and Dickinson, of Edenton, county of Chowan, and state of North Carolina, for and in consideration (seven lines belonging to this deed cannot bo copied, it is torn so badly) Josiah Collins Allen Dickinson line.” (A description by metes and bounds covering 2% pages, and concluding:) “Containing sixty…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Grignon's Lessee v. ASTORSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Comstock v. CrawfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Christman v. . HilliardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
- Insurance Co. v. BangsSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Gilchrist v. . MiddletonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Bell v. BellArizona Supreme Court · 1934
- Taylor v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- Berry v. Richmond Cedar WorksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- McNary v. Guaranty Trust Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1934
- Berry v. . Cedar WorksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
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