Rackley v. Roberts
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Actior tried before Biggs, J., and a jury, at August Term, 1907, of Duplin. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover a one-seventh interest in the land described in the complaint. The tract of land originally belonged to Daniel Glisson, wbo died in April, 1880, leaving a will, in which, a one-seventh interest in the said land was devised to the feme plaintiff.
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Actior tried before Biggs, J., and a jury, at August Term, 1907, of Duplin. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover a one-seventh interest in the land described in the complaint. The tract of land originally belonged to Daniel Glisson, wbo died in April, 1880, leaving a will, in which, a one-seventh interest in the said land was devised to the feme plaintiff. Mary Glisson, the widow of Daniel Glisson, qualified as his admin-istratrix with the will annexed, and on 2 November, 1881, instituted proceedings against the heirs and devisees of the testator for the sale of his lands for…
1Opinion of the Court
Waleer, J.,
after stating tbe case: Tbe question presented in tbe record is whether tbe validity of tbe special proceeding for tbe sale of tbe land can be attacked collaterally in a separate suit like this, where tbe ground of tbe attack is that process was not served upon tbe feme plaintiff, who was a defendant in that proceeding and at tbe time a minor, and in whose behalf a guardian ad litem was regularly aj)pointed and answered. It is true the plaintiff alleges that the judgment in the special proceeding was obtained by fraud and collusion, but there does not seem to be any evidence of it,…
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